Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, The Coming of Roland, sentence 15
Then the Duke Naymes spake in this fashion; "Sir, we are wrong in this war; let us have peace for five years; after that, if you are so minded, we will fight again."
Who acts: we, us, you · What happens: be, let, have, fight · To what, where: war, us, peace, Duke spake
This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, The Coming of Roland. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (we, us, 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 spake | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 spake | det |
| 3 | Duke | Duke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 spake | compound |
| 4 | Naymes | Naymes | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Duke | flat |
| 5 | spake | speak | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 fashion | case |
| 7 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 fashion | det |
| 8 | fashion | fashion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 spake | nmod |
| 9 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 11 Sir | punct |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 Sir | punct |
| 11 | Sir | Sir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 spake | appos |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 wrong | punct |
| 13 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 wrong | nsubj |
| 14 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 wrong | cop |
| 15 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 Sir | amod |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 war | case |
| 17 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 18 war | det |
| 18 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 wrong | obl |
| 19 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 20 let | punct |
| 20 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 5 spake | parataxis |
| 21 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 20 let | obj |
| 22 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 let | xcomp |
| 23 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 have | obj |
| 24 | for | for | ADP | _ | 26 years | case |
| 25 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 26 years | nummod |
| 26 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 have | obl |
| 27 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 29 that | punct |
| 28 | after | after | ADP | _ | 29 that | case |
| 29 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 20 let | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 minded | punct |
| 31 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 35 minded | mark |
| 32 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 35 minded | nsubj |
| 33 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 35 minded | cop |
| 34 | so | so | ADV | _ | 35 minded | advmod |
| 35 | minded | minded | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 let | parataxis |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 fight | punct |
| 37 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 39 fight | nsubj |
| 38 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 39 fight | aux |
| 39 | fight | fight | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 35 minded | conj |
| 40 | again | again | ADV | _ | 39 fight | advmod |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 20 let | punct |
| 42 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 let | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | we | this war | wrong property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | let in a quote | infinitive | us | after that | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | have in a quote | infinitive | us not said here | peace | year | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peace=Patient | |||
| 4 | is in a quote | present | you | minded property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | fight in a quote | future | we | again | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=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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