Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, The Coming of Roland, sentence 34

When they were now near to Paris, Mawgis, being a great magician, took a certain herb that he knew, and when he had pounded it with the pommel of his sword, and tempered it with water, he rubbed Bayard therewith, so that he became all white.

Who acts: Reynaud, Mawgis · What happens: be, take, know, pound, temper, rub · To what, where: great magician, certain herb, Paris, herb, Bayard

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, Mawgis), 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	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	5 near	advmod
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 near	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 near	cop
4	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 near	advmod
5	near	near	ADV	_	16 took	advmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 Paris	case
7	Paris	Paris	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 took	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 Mawgis	punct
9	Mawgis	Mawgis	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 took	nsubj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 magician	punct
11	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 magician	cop
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 magician	det
13	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 magician	amod
14	magician	magician	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 Mawgis	appos
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 Mawgis	punct
16	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 herb	det
18	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 herb	amod
19	herb	herb	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 took	obj
20	that	that	SCONJ	_	22 knew	mark
21	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 knew	nsubj
22	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 took	advcl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 pounded	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 pounded	cc
25	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	28 pounded	advmod
26	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 pounded	nsubj
27	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 pounded	aux
28	pounded	pound	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	16 took	conj
29	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 pounded	obj
30	with	with	ADP	_	32 pommel	case
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 pommel	det
32	pommel	pommel	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 pounded	obl
33	of	of	ADP	_	35 sword	case
34	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	35 sword	nmod:poss
35	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 pommel	nmod
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 tempered	punct
37	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 tempered	cc
38	tempered	temper	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 took	conj
39	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 tempered	obj
40	with	with	ADP	_	41 water	case
41	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 tempered	obl
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 rubbed	punct
43	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 rubbed	nsubj
44	rubbed	rub	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 took	parataxis
45	Bayard	Bayard	PROPN	Number=Sing	44 rubbed	obj
46	therewith	therewith	ADV	_	44 rubbed	advmod
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 became	punct
48	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	51 became	mark
49	that	that	SCONJ	_	48 so	fixed
50	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 became	nsubj
51	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 rubbed	conj
52	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	51 became	xcomp
53	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	52 all	amod
54	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 took	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Reynaud			now	near property	tree rules
2	is a	gerund		a great magician				tree rules
3	take	past	Mawgis	a certain herb	Paris			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent herb=Theme to paris=Destination
4	know	past	Mawgis					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
5	pound	past · perfect	Mawgis	herb			with the pommel of Mawgis's sword	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with pommel=Instrument
6	temper	past	Mawgis not said here	herb			with water	tree rules
7	rub	past	Mawgis		Bayard		therewith property	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent bayard=Destination
8	become	past	Mawgis					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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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Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, The Coming of Roland, sentence 34