Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Treachery of King John, sentence 116

When they had crossed over the river the Frenchmen blamed Ogier the Dane, for that he had favoured the brethren, while Ogier, on his part, was greatly troubled, knowing that they spake truly, and yet that the brethren held him in no regard for all that he had done.

Who acts: comers, Frenchmen, Ogier, brethren · What happens: cross, blame, favour, be, know, speak · To what, where: river, Ogier, brethren, regard · 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, Frenchmen, Ogier, brethren), 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	SCONJ	_	4 crossed	mark
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 crossed	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 crossed	aux
4	crossed	cross	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 blamed	advcl
5	over	over	ADP	_	7 river	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 river	det
7	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 crossed	obl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Frenchmen	det
9	Frenchmen	Frenchman	PROPN	Number=Plur	10 blamed	nsubj
10	blamed	blame	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	Ogier	Ogier	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 blamed	obj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Dane	det
13	Dane	Dane	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Ogier	appos
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 favoured	punct
15	for	for	SCONJ	_	19 favoured	mark
16	that	that	SCONJ	_	19 favoured	mark
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 favoured	nsubj
18	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 favoured	aux
19	favoured	favour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 blamed	conj
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 brethren	det
21	brethren	brethren	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 favoured	obj
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 Ogier	punct
23	while	while	SCONJ	_	24 Ogier	mark
24	Ogier	Ogier	PROPN	Number=Sing	32 troubled	nsubj
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 part	punct
26	on	on	ADP	_	28 part	case
27	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	28 part	nmod:poss
28	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 Ogier	appos
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 Ogier	punct
30	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 troubled	cop
31	greatly	greatly	ADV	_	32 troubled	advmod
32	troubled	troubled	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 favoured	parataxis
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 knowing	punct
34	knowing	know	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	32 troubled	advcl
35	that	that	SCONJ	_	37 spake	mark
36	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 spake	nsubj
37	spake	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	34 knowing	ccomp
38	truly	truly	ADV	_	37 spake	advmod
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 held	punct
40	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 held	cc
41	yet	yet	ADV	_	45 held	advmod
42	that	that	SCONJ	_	45 held	mark
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 brethren	det
44	brethren	brethren	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 held	nsubj
45	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 blamed	conj
46	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 held	obj
47	in	in	ADP	_	49 regard	case
48	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	49 regard	det
49	regard	regard	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 held	obl
50	for	for	ADP	_	55 done	case
51	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	55 done	det:predet
52	that	that	SCONJ	_	55 done	mark
53	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	55 done	nsubj
54	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	55 done	aux
55	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	49 regard	acl:relcl
56	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 blamed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cross	past · perfect	comers = comer		the river			vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme over river=Initial_Location
2	blame	past	the Frenchmen	Ogier				vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ogier=Theme
3	favour	past · perfect	Ogier	the brethren				tree rules
4	is	past	Ogier				greatly, troubled property	tree rules
5	know	gerund	Ogier not said here					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
6	speak speech: other	present	comers = comer				truly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	hold	past	the brethren	Ogier	no regard	yet		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme in regard=Location
8	do	past · perfect	Ogier	no regard not said here				vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent regard=Eventuality

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, Of the Treachery of King John, sentence 116