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Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Treachery of King John, sentence 32

And when Mawgis and his knights came forth from the wood where they lay in ambush, and assailed the King's host on the flank, then the Frenchmen fled, not without great loss, especially at the crossing of the river.

Who acts: Mawgis, knights, Frenchmen · What happens: come, lay, assail, flee, cross · To what, where: wood, ambush, host, flank, great loss, crossing

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 (Mawgis, knights, Frenchmen), 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

ccadvmodnsubjccnmod:possconjadvcladvmodcasedetobladvmodnsubjacl:relclcaseoblpunctccdetnmod:posscaseobjcasedetoblpunctadvmoddetnsubjconjpunctadvmodcaseamodobjpunctadvmodcasedetnmodcasedetnmodpunctrootAndCCONJwhenADVMawgisPROPNandCCONJhisPRONknightsNOUNcameVERBforthADVfromADPtheDETwoodNOUNwhereADVtheyPRONlayVERBinADPambushNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJassailedVERBtheDETKingPROPN'sPARThostNOUNonADPtheDETflankNOUN,PUNCTthenADVtheDETFrenchmenPROPNfledVERB,PUNCTnotPARTwithoutADPgreatADJlossNOUN,PUNCTespeciallyADVatADPtheDETcrossingNOUNofADPtheDETriverNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AndandCCONJ_19 assailedcc
2whenwhenADVPronType=Int7 cameadvmod
3MawgisMawgisPROPNNumber=Sing7 camensubj
4andandCCONJ_6 knightscc
5hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs6 knightsnmod:poss
6knightsknightNOUNNumber=Plur3 Mawgisconj
7camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin19 assailedadvcl
8forthforthADV_7 cameadvmod
9fromfromADP_11 woodcase
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 wooddet
11woodwoodNOUNNumber=Sing7 cameobl
12wherewhereADVPronType=Rel14 layadvmod
13theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs14 laynsubj
14laylayVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin11 woodacl:relcl
15ininADP_16 ambushcase
16ambushambushNOUNNumber=Sing14 layobl
17,,PUNCT_19 assailedpunct
18andandCCONJ_19 assailedcc
19assailedassailVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art21 Kingdet
21KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing23 hostnmod:poss
22's'sPART_21 Kingcase
23hosthostNOUNNumber=Sing19 assailedobj
24ononADP_26 flankcase
25thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art26 flankdet
26flankflankNOUNNumber=Sing19 assailedobl
27,,PUNCT_31 fledpunct
28thenthenADVPronType=Dem31 fledadvmod
29thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art30 Frenchmendet
30FrenchmenFrenchmanPROPNNumber=Plur31 flednsubj
31fledfleeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin19 assailedconj
32,,PUNCT_36 losspunct
33notnotPARTPolarity=Neg36 lossadvmod
34withoutwithoutADP_36 losscase
35greatgreatADJDegree=Pos36 lossamod
36losslossNOUNNumber=Sing31 fledobj
37,,PUNCT_41 crossingpunct
38especiallyespeciallyADV_41 crossingadvmod
39atatADP_41 crossingcase
40thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art41 crossingdet
41crossingcrossingNOUNNumber=Sing36 lossnmod
42ofofADP_44 rivercase
43thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art44 riverdet
44riverriverNOUNNumber=Sing41 crossingnmod
45..PUNCT_19 assailedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1comepastMawgis and Mawgis's knightsthe woodforth propertyvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from wood=Initial_Location
2laypresentknights = knightambushvn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in ambush=Destination
3assailpastthe King's hostthe flankvn attack-60.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent host=Patient
4fleepastthe Frenchmengreat lossthe crossing of the riverthenvn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme loss=Initial_Location
5crossthe rivernom crossing «act transitive»: of=patient

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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