Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Treachery of King John, sentence 39
So he called his barons to a council, and demanded their advice.
Who acts: King · What happens: call, demand · To what, where: barons, council, advice · 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 (King), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 3 called | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 called | nsubj |
| 3 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 barons | nmod:poss |
| 5 | barons | baron | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 called | obj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 council | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 council | det |
| 8 | council | council | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 called | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 demanded | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 demanded | cc |
| 11 | demanded | demand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 called | conj |
| 12 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 advice | nmod:poss |
| 13 | advice | advice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 demanded | obj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 called | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | past | King | King's barons | a council | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent baron=Topic to council=Recipient | |||
| 2 | demand speech: request | past | King not said here | barons's advice | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme advice=Precondition |
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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