Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Treachery of King John, sentence 118
When he had come to the other bank, Reynaud, having ridden down to the river on Bayard to meet him, said, "Cousin, surely we have had enough of fighting; let us be content therewith."
Who acts: Ogier, we, us · What happens: come, ride down, meet, say, have, fight · To what, where: other bank, river, Ogier, Cousin, us · 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 (Ogier, we, us), 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 | 4 come | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 come | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 come | aux |
| 4 | come | come | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 24 said | ccomp |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 bank | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 bank | det |
| 7 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 bank | amod |
| 8 | bank | bank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 come | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 Reynaud | punct |
| 10 | Reynaud | Reynaud | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 bank | appos |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 ridden | punct |
| 12 | having | have | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 13 ridden | aux |
| 13 | ridden | ride | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 come | conj |
| 14 | down | down | ADP | _ | 13 ridden | compound:prt |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 river | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 river | det |
| 17 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 ridden | obl |
| 18 | on | on | ADP | _ | 19 Bayard | case |
| 19 | Bayard | Bayard | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 river | nmod |
| 20 | to | to | PART | _ | 21 meet | mark |
| 21 | meet | meet | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 ridden | advcl |
| 22 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 meet | obj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 said | punct |
| 24 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 Cousin | punct |
| 26 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 27 Cousin | punct |
| 27 | Cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 said | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 had | punct |
| 29 | surely | surely | ADV | _ | 32 had | advmod |
| 30 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 32 had | nsubj |
| 31 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 32 had | aux |
| 32 | had | have | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 24 said | conj |
| 33 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 32 had | advmod |
| 34 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 35 fighting | mark |
| 35 | fighting | fight | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 32 had | advcl |
| 36 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 37 let | punct |
| 37 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 said | ccomp |
| 38 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 37 let | obj |
| 39 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 40 content | cop |
| 40 | content | content | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 let | xcomp |
| 41 | therewith | therewith | ADV | _ | 40 content | advmod |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 37 let | punct |
| 43 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 37 let | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past · perfect | Ogier | the other bank | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to bank=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | ride down | gerund · perfect | Ogier not said here | the river on Bayard | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to river=Trajectory | ||||
| 3 | meet | to-infinitive | Ogier not said here | Ogier | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | ||||
| 4 | say speech: assert | past | Cousin | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 5 | have in a quote | present · perfect | we | enough, surely property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | fight in a quote | gerund | we not said here | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | let in a quote | infinitive | us | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme | |||||
| 8 | is in a quote | infinitive | us not said here | content, therewith property | tree rules |
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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