Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Treachery of King John, sentence 24
We do not know that Tilpin was a warrior, but his predecessor, Milo by name, is said to have been a "warrior clerk," and as such to have been put into the archbishopric by Charles Martel.
Who acts: We, Tilpin · What happens: not know, be, say, put · To what, where: warrior, predecessor, warrior clerk, archbishopric · 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 (We, Tilpin), 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 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 know | nsubj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 know | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 know | advmod |
| 4 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 warrior | mark |
| 6 | Tilpin | Tilpin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 warrior | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 warrior | cop |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 warrior | det |
| 9 | warrior | warrior | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 know | ccomp |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 said | punct |
| 11 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 20 said | cc |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 predecessor | nmod:poss |
| 13 | predecessor | predecessor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 said | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 Milo | punct |
| 15 | Milo | Milo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 predecessor | appos |
| 16 | by | by | ADP | _ | 17 name | case |
| 17 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 Milo | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 predecessor | punct |
| 19 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 said | aux:pass |
| 20 | said | say | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 know | ccomp |
| 21 | to | to | PART | _ | 27 clerk | mark |
| 22 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 27 clerk | aux |
| 23 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 27 clerk | cop |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 clerk | det |
| 25 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 27 clerk | punct |
| 26 | warrior | warrior | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 clerk | compound |
| 27 | clerk | clerk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 said | ccomp |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 clerk | punct |
| 29 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 27 clerk | punct |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 such | cc |
| 31 | as | as | ADP | _ | 32 such | case |
| 32 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 27 clerk | conj |
| 33 | to | to | PART | _ | 36 put | mark |
| 34 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 36 put | aux |
| 35 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 36 put | aux:pass |
| 36 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 32 such | advcl |
| 37 | into | into | ADP | _ | 39 archbishopric | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 archbishopric | det |
| 39 | archbishopric | archbishopric | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 put | obl |
| 40 | by | by | ADP | _ | 41 Charles | case |
| 41 | Charles | Charles | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 archbishopric | nmod |
| 42 | Martel | Martel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 Charles | flat |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 know | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not know | present · do-support | We | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | Tilpin | a warrior | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | present · passive | Tilpin's predecessor | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | |||||
| 4 | is a in a quote | to-infinitive · perfect | a warrior clerk | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | be | tree rules | |||||||
| 6 | put | to-infinitive · perfect · passive | the archbishopric by Charles | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP» |
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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