Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, The Coming of Roland, sentence 3
To this they consented, and so coming to the city of Bordeaux were joyfully received by the King and his courtiers.
Who acts: Reynaud, King · What happens: consent, come, receive · To what, where: city
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 (Reynaud, 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 | To | to | ADP | _ | 2 this | case |
| 2 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 consented | obl |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 consented | nsubj |
| 4 | consented | consent | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 coming | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 coming | cc |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 coming | advmod |
| 8 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 16 received | advcl |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 city | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 city | det |
| 11 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 coming | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 Bordeaux | case |
| 13 | Bordeaux | Bordeaux | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 city | nmod |
| 14 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 received | aux:pass |
| 15 | joyfully | joyfully | ADV | _ | 16 received | advmod |
| 16 | received | receive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 consented | parataxis |
| 17 | by | by | ADP | _ | 19 King | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 King | det |
| 19 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 received | obl |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 courtiers | cc |
| 21 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 courtiers | nmod:poss |
| 22 | courtiers | courtier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 King | conj |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 consented | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | consent | past | Reynaud | to this | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to this=Theme | ||||
| 2 | come | gerund | the King and King's courtiers not said here | the city of Bordeaux | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to city=Initial_Location | ||||
| 3 | receive | past · passive | the King and King's courtiers | joyfully property | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: 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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