Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How It Fared With the Brethren, sentence 62
Then Reynaud sent a messenger to the King, saying, "I will surrender this fortress and myself also with my brothers, if the King will promise on his part that we shall have our lives and goods."
Who acts: Reynaud, King, part · What happens: send, say, surrender, promise, have · To what, where: messenger, fortress, part, lives · 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 (Reynaud, King, part), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 sent | advmod |
| 2 | Reynaud | Reynaud | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 sent | nsubj |
| 3 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 messenger | det |
| 5 | messenger | messenger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sent | obj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 King | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 King | det |
| 8 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 sent | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 saying | punct |
| 10 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 sent | advcl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 surrender | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 surrender | punct |
| 13 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 surrender | nsubj |
| 14 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 surrender | aux |
| 15 | surrender | surrender | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 saying | ccomp |
| 16 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 17 fortress | det |
| 17 | fortress | fortress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 surrender | obj |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 myself | cc |
| 19 | myself | myself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 15 surrender | conj |
| 20 | also | also | ADV | _ | 23 brothers | advmod |
| 21 | with | with | ADP | _ | 23 brothers | case |
| 22 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 23 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 surrender | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 promise | punct |
| 25 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 29 promise | mark |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 King | det |
| 27 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 promise | nsubj |
| 28 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 29 promise | aux |
| 29 | promise | promise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 sent | parataxis |
| 30 | on | on | ADP | _ | 32 part | case |
| 31 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 part | nmod:poss |
| 32 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 promise | obl |
| 33 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 36 have | nsubj |
| 34 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 36 have | nsubj |
| 35 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 36 have | aux |
| 36 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 32 part | acl:relcl |
| 37 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 lives | nmod:poss |
| 38 | lives | life | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 have | obj |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 goods | cc |
| 40 | goods | goods | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 38 lives | conj |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 29 promise | punct |
| 42 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 29 promise | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | past | Reynaud | a messenger | then | to the King | tree rules | ||
| 2 | say speech: assert | gerund | Reynaud not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | surrender in a quote | future | Reynaud | this fortress | with my brothers; myself conj | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent fortress=Theme | |||
| 4 | promise speech: promise a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | future | the King | King's part | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | have in a quote | shall | King's part | our lives and goods | we nsubj | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=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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