Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Treachery of King John, sentence 128
Then Reynaud cried after him, "Come back if you will and fetch your saddle," for the girths had been broken when the two jousted together, "and I will greet you in such a place that Charlemagne with all his men could not help you."
Who acts: Reynaud, two, men · What happens: cry, come back, fetch, break, joust, greet · To what, where: saddle, girths, you, place · 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 (Reynaud, two, men), 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 | 3 cried | advmod |
| 2 | Reynaud | Reynaud | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 cried | nsubj |
| 3 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | after | after | ADP | _ | 5 him | case |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 cried | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 Come | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 Come | punct |
| 8 | Come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 cried | conj |
| 9 | back | back | ADV | _ | 8 Come | advmod |
| 10 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 12 will | mark |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 will | nsubj |
| 12 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 Come | advcl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 fetch | cc |
| 14 | fetch | fetch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 Come | conj |
| 15 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 saddle | nmod:poss |
| 16 | saddle | saddle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 fetch | obj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cried | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 cried | punct |
| 19 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 24 broken | mark |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 girths | det |
| 21 | girths | girth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 broken | nsubj:pass |
| 22 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 broken | aux |
| 23 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 24 broken | aux:pass |
| 24 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 cried | ccomp |
| 25 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 28 jousted | advmod |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 two | det |
| 27 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 28 jousted | nsubj |
| 28 | jousted | joust | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 24 broken | advcl |
| 29 | together | together | ADV | _ | 28 jousted | advmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cried | punct |
| 31 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 cried | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 greet | cc |
| 33 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 35 greet | nsubj |
| 34 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 35 greet | aux |
| 35 | greet | greet | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 cried | conj |
| 36 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 35 greet | obj |
| 37 | in | in | ADP | _ | 40 place | case |
| 38 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 40 place | det:predet |
| 39 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 40 place | det |
| 40 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 greet | obl |
| 41 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 42 Charlemagne | nsubj |
| 42 | Charlemagne | Charlemagne | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 place | appos |
| 43 | with | with | SCONJ | _ | 49 help | mark |
| 44 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 46 men | det:predet |
| 45 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 men | nmod:poss |
| 46 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 help | nsubj |
| 47 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 49 help | aux |
| 48 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 49 help | advmod |
| 49 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 35 greet | advcl |
| 50 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 49 help | obj |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 cried | punct |
| 52 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 cried | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cry speech: express | past | Reynaud | after Ogier; then | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | come back in a quote | infinitive | Reynaud not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | fetch in a quote | infinitive | Reynaud not said here | your saddle | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent saddle=Theme | ||||
| 4 | break | past · perfect · passive | the girths | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 5 | joust | participle | the two | together property | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | greet speech: greet in a quote | future | Reynaud | you | such place | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | |||
| 7 | not help in a quote | could | Ogier's men | you | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary |
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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