Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How It Fared With the Brethren, sentence 148
To the Duchess, when she was nigh distracted at the departure of her children, he said, "Be not troubled over much; we shall see them come again in great prosperity and honour."
Who acts: Aymon, we, children · What happens: distract, say, not trouble, see, come, depart · To what, where: Duchess, departure, children, great prosperity · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, How It Fared With the Brethren. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Aymon, we, children), 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 | To | to | ADP | _ | 3 Duchess | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Duchess | det |
| 3 | Duchess | Duchess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 said | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 Duchess | punct |
| 5 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 distracted | advmod |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 distracted | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 distracted | aux:pass |
| 8 | nigh | nigh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 distracted | amod |
| 9 | distracted | distract | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 Duchess | acl |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 departure | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 departure | det |
| 12 | departure | departure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 distracted | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 children | case |
| 14 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 children | nmod:poss |
| 15 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 departure | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 Duchess | punct |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 said | nsubj |
| 18 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 troubled | punct |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 23 troubled | punct |
| 21 | Be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 23 troubled | aux:pass |
| 22 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 23 troubled | advmod |
| 23 | troubled | trouble | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 said | ccomp |
| 24 | over | over | ADV | _ | 25 much | advmod |
| 25 | much | much | ADV | _ | 23 troubled | advmod |
| 26 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 29 see | punct |
| 27 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 29 see | nsubj |
| 28 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 29 see | aux |
| 29 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 said | ccomp |
| 30 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 see | obj |
| 31 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 see | xcomp |
| 32 | again | again | ADV | _ | 31 come | advmod |
| 33 | in | in | ADP | _ | 35 prosperity | case |
| 34 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 prosperity | amod |
| 35 | prosperity | prosperity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 come | obl |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 honour | cc |
| 37 | honour | honour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 prosperity | conj |
| 38 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 29 see | punct |
| 39 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 29 see | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | distract | past · passive | Duchess | the departure of Duchess's children | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | Aymon | the Duchess | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to duchess=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | not trouble in a quote | infinitive · passive | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | ||||||
| 4 | see in a quote | shall | we | children = child | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | come in a quote | infinitive | children = child not said here | great prosperity and honour | again | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in prosperity=Location | |||
| 6 | depart | Duchess's children | nom departure «act intransitive»: of=agent |
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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