Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Huon Returned, His Errand Fulfilled, sentence 92
At dinner Huon took the cup that Oberon had given him, and showed it to the Admiral saying, "See now what happens when I make this sign."
Who acts: Huon · What happens: take, give, show, say, see, happen · To what, where: cup, dinner, Oberon, Huon, Admiral, sign · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, How Huon Returned, His Errand Fulfilled. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Huon), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | At | at | ADP | _ | 2 dinner | case |
| 2 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 took | obl |
| 3 | Huon | Huon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 took | nsubj |
| 4 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 cup | det |
| 6 | cup | cup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 took | obj |
| 7 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 10 given | mark |
| 8 | Oberon | Oberon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 given | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 given | aux |
| 10 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 took | conj |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 given | iobj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 showed | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 showed | cc |
| 14 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 took | conj |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 showed | obj |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 Admiral | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 Admiral | det |
| 18 | Admiral | admiral | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 showed | obl |
| 19 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 showed | advcl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 See | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 22 See | punct |
| 22 | See | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 saying | ccomp |
| 23 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 22 See | advmod |
| 24 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 25 happens | nsubj |
| 25 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 See | ccomp |
| 26 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 28 make | advmod |
| 27 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 28 make | nsubj |
| 28 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 happens | advcl |
| 29 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 30 sign | det |
| 30 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 make | obj |
| 31 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 took | punct |
| 32 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 took | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | Huon | the cup | dinner | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent cup=Theme at dinner=Asset | |||
| 2 | give | past · perfect · passive | Oberon | Huon | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient he=Theme | ||||
| 3 | show | past | Huon not said here | cup | the Admiral | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to admiral=Recipient | |||
| 4 | say speech: assert | gerund | Huon not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 5 | see in a quote | infinitive | now | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 6 | happen in a quote | present | what nsubj | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 7 | make in a quote | present | Huon | this sign | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Product |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Text: «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, Project Gutenberg book 75339 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.
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