Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How It Fared With the Brethren, sentence 9
But his sons were not so minded, for they came forth out of the company, and Reynaud spake for them, "Sire," he said, "we are not of our father's mind, for we hate you with a great hatred."
Who acts: sons, Aymon, we · What happens: not be, come, say, hate · To what, where: company, 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 (sons, Aymon, we), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 minded | cc |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 sons | nmod:poss |
| 3 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 minded | nsubj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 minded | cop |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 minded | advmod |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 minded | advmod |
| 7 | minded | minded | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 came | punct |
| 9 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 11 came | mark |
| 10 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 came | nsubj |
| 11 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 said | advcl |
| 12 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 11 came | advmod |
| 13 | out | out | ADP | _ | 16 company | case |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 company | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 company | det |
| 16 | company | company | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 came | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 spake | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 spake | cc |
| 19 | Reynaud | Reynaud | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 spake | compound |
| 20 | spake | speak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 company | appos |
| 21 | for | for | ADP | _ | 22 them | case |
| 22 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 spake | nmod |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 Sire | punct |
| 24 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 25 Sire | punct |
| 25 | Sire | sire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 company | conj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 came | punct |
| 27 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 came | punct |
| 28 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 said | nsubj |
| 29 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 minded | parataxis |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 mind | punct |
| 31 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 39 mind | punct |
| 32 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 39 mind | nsubj |
| 33 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 mind | cop |
| 34 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 39 mind | advmod |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 mind | case |
| 36 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 father | nmod:poss |
| 37 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 mind | nmod:poss |
| 38 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 37 father | case |
| 39 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 said | ccomp |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 hate | punct |
| 41 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 43 hate | mark |
| 42 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 43 hate | nsubj |
| 43 | hate | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 29 said | ccomp |
| 44 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 43 hate | obj |
| 45 | with | with | ADP | _ | 48 hatred | case |
| 46 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 48 hatred | det |
| 47 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 hatred | amod |
| 48 | hatred | hatred | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 hate | obl |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 minded | punct |
| 50 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 minded | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | past | Aymon's sons | minded property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | come | past | sons = son | the company and Sire | forth property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme out company=Initial_Location | |||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | Aymon | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | not is in a quote | present | we | of our father's mind; our father nmod:poss | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | hate in a quote | present | we | you | with a great hatred | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |
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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