Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How It Fared With the Brethren, sentence 4
I thank you," answered the Duke; "yet this I will say that you did a grievous wrong in that you suffered my brother Benes to be slain, when he had a safe-conduct under your hand.
Who acts: I, this, you, King · What happens: thank, answer, say, do, suffer, slay · To what, where: you, Duke, grievous wrong, that, brother Benes, safe conduct · 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 (I, this, you, King), 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 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 thank | nsubj |
| 2 | thank | thank | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 thank | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 answered | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 answered | punct |
| 6 | answered | answer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 thank | conj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Duke | det |
| 8 | Duke | Duke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 answered | obj |
| 9 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 15 say | punct |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 this | punct |
| 11 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 12 this | advmod |
| 12 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 15 say | nsubj |
| 13 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 say | nsubj |
| 14 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 say | aux |
| 15 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 thank | conj |
| 16 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 18 did | mark |
| 17 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 18 did | nsubj |
| 18 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 suffered | advcl |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 wrong | det |
| 20 | grievous | grievous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 wrong | amod |
| 21 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 did | obj |
| 22 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 that | case |
| 23 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 18 did | obl |
| 24 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 25 suffered | nsubj |
| 25 | suffered | suffer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 say | ccomp |
| 26 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 Benes | nmod:poss |
| 27 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 Benes | compound |
| 28 | Benes | bene | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 suffered | obj |
| 29 | to | to | PART | _ | 31 slain | mark |
| 30 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 31 slain | aux:pass |
| 31 | slain | slay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 25 suffered | advcl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 had | punct |
| 33 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 35 had | advmod |
| 34 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 had | nsubj |
| 35 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 suffered | conj |
| 36 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 39 conduct | det |
| 37 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 conduct | amod |
| 38 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 37 safe | punct |
| 39 | conduct | conduct | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 had | obj |
| 40 | under | under | ADP | _ | 42 hand | case |
| 41 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 hand | nmod:poss |
| 42 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 conduct | nmod |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 thank | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | thank speech: thank | present | I | you | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | ||||
| 2 | answer speech: assert in a quote | past | I not said here | the Duke | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent duke=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | future | this | I nsubj | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | do | past | you | a grievous wrong | that | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wrong=Eventuality | |||
| 5 | suffer | past | you | my brother Benes | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bene=Stimulus | ||||
| 6 | slay | to-infinitive · passive | you not said here | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP» | |||||
| 7 | have | past | King | a safe conduct | your hand | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Patient |
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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