Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Treachery of King John, sentence 115
As for Ogier and the Frenchmen, not being minded to stand against the new-comers, they rode back to the river Dordogne, Reynaud crying out to his kinsman, "Ho! cousin! have you then left being a soldier and become a fisherman for eels or salmon?"
Who acts: comers, you · What happens: not mind, stand, ride back, cry out, have, leave · To what, where: Frenchmen, new comers, Ho cousin, kinsman, soldier, fisherman · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, Of the Treachery of King John. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (comers, 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 | As | as | ADP | _ | 3 Ogier | case |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 3 Ogier | case |
| 3 | Ogier | Ogier | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 rode | obl |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 Frenchmen | cc |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Frenchmen | det |
| 6 | Frenchmen | Frenchman | PROPN | Number=Plur | 3 Ogier | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 minded | punct |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 minded | advmod |
| 9 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 minded | aux:pass |
| 10 | minded | mind | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 Frenchmen | acl:relcl |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 stand | mark |
| 12 | stand | stand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 minded | xcomp |
| 13 | against | against | ADP | _ | 17 comers | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 comers | det |
| 15 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 comers | amod |
| 16 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 15 new | punct |
| 17 | comers | comer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 stand | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 Ogier | punct |
| 19 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 rode | nsubj |
| 20 | rode | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 21 | back | back | ADV | _ | 20 rode | advmod |
| 22 | to | to | ADP | _ | 24 river | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 river | det |
| 24 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 rode | obl |
| 25 | Dordogne | Dordogne | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 river | appos |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 Reynaud | punct |
| 27 | Reynaud | Reynaud | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 Dordogne | flat |
| 28 | crying | cry | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 20 rode | advcl |
| 29 | out | out | ADP | _ | 28 crying | compound:prt |
| 30 | to | to | ADP | _ | 32 kinsman | case |
| 31 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 kinsman | nmod:poss |
| 32 | kinsman | kinsman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 crying | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 cousin | punct |
| 34 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 37 cousin | punct |
| 35 | Ho | Ho | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 cousin | compound |
| 36 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 35 Ho | punct |
| 37 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 rode | obl |
| 38 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 39 have | punct |
| 39 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 rode | parataxis |
| 40 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 42 left | nsubj |
| 41 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 42 left | advmod |
| 42 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 have | ccomp |
| 43 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 45 soldier | cop |
| 44 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 45 soldier | det |
| 45 | soldier | soldier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 left | obj |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 become | cc |
| 47 | become | become | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 39 have | conj |
| 48 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 49 fisherman | det |
| 49 | fisherman | fisherman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 become | xcomp |
| 50 | for | for | ADP | _ | 51 eels | case |
| 51 | eels | eel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 fisherman | nmod |
| 52 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 53 salmon | cc |
| 53 | salmon | salmon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 eels | conj |
| 54 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 20 rode | punct |
| 55 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 rode | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not mind | gerund · passive | the Frenchmen not said here | vn care-88.1 «NP V that S»: clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | stand | to-infinitive | the new comers | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent against comer=Location | |||||
| 3 | ride back | past | comers = comer | Ho cousin | as Ogier and the Frenchmen; to the river | tree rules | |||
| 4 | cry out speech: express | gerund | comers = comer not said here | Ogier's kinsman | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to kinsman=Recipient | ||||
| 5 | have in a quote | present | tree rules | ||||||
| 6 | leave in a quote | past | you | then | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 7 | is a in a quote | gerund | a soldier | tree rules | |||||
| 8 | become in a quote | infinitive | a fisherman for eels or salmon | 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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