Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How It Fared With the Brethren, sentence 65
After a while there came to King Charles a certain knight, Herneger by name, who said, "Sire, if you will give me this castle of Montanford for my own, and all the goods that are within, and the land about it for five miles, I will deliver to you Reynaud and his brothers within the space of a month from now." "
Who acts: goods, name, you · What happens: come, say, give, deliver · To what, where: land, Charles, castle, name, Reynaud, you · 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 (goods, name, you), 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 | After | after | ADP | _ | 3 while | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 while | det |
| 3 | while | while | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 came | obl |
| 4 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 came | advmod |
| 5 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 Charles | case |
| 7 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Charles | nmod:desc |
| 8 | Charles | Charles | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 came | obl |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 knight | det |
| 10 | certain | certain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 knight | amod |
| 11 | knight | knight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 came | advcl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 Herneger | punct |
| 13 | Herneger | Herneger | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 knight | appos |
| 14 | by | by | ADP | _ | 15 name | case |
| 15 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 Herneger | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 said | punct |
| 17 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 said | nsubj |
| 18 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 name | acl:relcl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 Sire | punct |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 Sire | punct |
| 21 | Sire | sire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 said | nsubj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 give | punct |
| 23 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 26 give | mark |
| 24 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 26 give | nsubj |
| 25 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 26 give | aux |
| 26 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 came | conj |
| 27 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 26 give | iobj |
| 28 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 29 castle | det |
| 29 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 give | obj |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 Montanford | case |
| 31 | Montanford | Montanford | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 castle | nmod |
| 32 | for | for | ADP | _ | 34 own | case |
| 33 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 own | nmod:poss |
| 34 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 give | obl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 goods | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 goods | cc |
| 37 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 39 goods | det:predet |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 goods | det |
| 39 | goods | goods | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 5 came | nsubj |
| 40 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 42 within | nsubj |
| 41 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 42 within | cop |
| 42 | within | within | ADP | _ | 39 goods | acl:relcl |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 land | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 land | cc |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 land | det |
| 46 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 came | obl |
| 47 | about | about | ADP | _ | 48 it | case |
| 48 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 land | nmod |
| 49 | for | for | ADP | _ | 51 miles | case |
| 50 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 51 miles | nummod |
| 51 | miles | mile | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 came | obl |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 deliver | punct |
| 53 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 55 deliver | nsubj |
| 54 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 55 deliver | aux |
| 55 | deliver | deliver | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 came | parataxis |
| 56 | to | to | ADP | _ | 57 you | case |
| 57 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 55 deliver | obl |
| 58 | Reynaud | Reynaud | PROPN | Number=Sing | 55 deliver | obj |
| 59 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 61 brothers | cc |
| 60 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 61 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 61 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 58 Reynaud | conj |
| 62 | within | within | ADP | _ | 64 space | case |
| 63 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 64 space | det |
| 64 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 deliver | obl |
| 65 | of | of | ADP | _ | 67 month | case |
| 66 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 67 month | det |
| 67 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 space | nmod |
| 68 | from | from | ADP | _ | 69 now | case |
| 69 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 55 deliver | obl |
| 70 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 55 deliver | punct |
| 71 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 55 deliver | punct |
| 72 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | all goods | the land about castle | Charles King | there | while | for five miles; a certain knight advcl | tree rules |
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | name | Sire nsubj | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | give a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | future | you | this castle of Montanford | name | for my own | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent i=Recipient castle=Theme for own=Asset | ||
| 4 | deliver in a quote | future | name | Reynaud and King's brothers | you | within the space of a month | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent reynaud=Theme to you=Destination from now=Initial_Location |
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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