Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Treachery of King John, sentence 124
Then Ogier, knowing that Bayard was the stronger by far of the two, would have smitten him with his sword.
Who acts: Ogier, Bayard · What happens: know, be, smite · To what, where: Bayard, Ogier · 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, Bayard), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 2 Ogier | advmod |
| 2 | Ogier | Ogier | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 knowing | punct |
| 4 | knowing | know | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 Ogier | acl |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 stronger | mark |
| 6 | Bayard | Bayard | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 stronger | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 stronger | cop |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 stronger | det |
| 9 | stronger | strong | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 knowing | ccomp |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 far | case |
| 11 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 9 stronger | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 two | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 two | det |
| 14 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 far | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 smitten | punct |
| 16 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 smitten | aux |
| 17 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 18 smitten | aux |
| 18 | smitten | smite | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 9 stronger | advcl |
| 19 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 smitten | obj |
| 20 | with | with | ADP | _ | 22 sword | case |
| 21 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 sword | nmod:poss |
| 22 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 smitten | obl |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 Ogier | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | gerund | Ogier not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | is | past | Bayard | strong property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | smite | would · perfect | Bayard not said here | Bayard | with Bayard's sword | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with sword=Instrument |
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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