Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Treachery of King John, sentence 48
Nevertheless he called his secretary to him, and said, "Now write to the King and say that, if he will leave wasting my land, I will presently deliver to him the sons of Aymon and Mawgis their cousin.
Who acts: John · What happens: call, say, write, leave, waste, deliver · To what, where: secretary, counsel, King, that, land, sons · 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 (John), 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 | Nevertheless | nevertheless | 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 secretary | nmod:poss |
| 5 | secretary | secretary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 called | obj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 him | case |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 called | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 said | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 said | cc |
| 10 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 called | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 write | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 write | punct |
| 13 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 14 write | advmod |
| 14 | write | write | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 said | ccomp |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 King | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 King | det |
| 17 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 write | obl |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 say | cc |
| 19 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 write | conj |
| 20 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 19 say | obj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 leave | punct |
| 22 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 25 leave | mark |
| 23 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 leave | nsubj |
| 24 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 25 leave | aux |
| 25 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 say | conj |
| 26 | wasting | waste | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 25 leave | xcomp |
| 27 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 land | nmod:poss |
| 28 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 wasting | obj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 deliver | punct |
| 30 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 33 deliver | nsubj |
| 31 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 33 deliver | aux |
| 32 | presently | presently | ADV | _ | 33 deliver | advmod |
| 33 | deliver | deliver | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 called | advcl |
| 34 | to | to | ADP | _ | 35 him | case |
| 35 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 deliver | obl |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 sons | det |
| 37 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 deliver | obj |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 Aymon | case |
| 39 | Aymon | Aymon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 sons | nmod |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 Mawgis | cc |
| 41 | Mawgis | Mawgis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 Aymon | conj |
| 42 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 43 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 sons | nmod |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 called | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call speech: assert | past | John | John's secretary | counsel | nevertheless property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent secretary=Topic to he=Recipient | ||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | John not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | write in a quote | infinitive | the King | now | vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V PP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent to king=Recipient | ||||
| 4 | say speech: assert in a quote | infinitive | that | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent that=Topic | |||||
| 5 | leave a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | future | John | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | waste in a quote | gerund | John not said here | my land | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Patient | ||||
| 7 | deliver in a quote | future | John | the sons of Aymon and Mawgis sons's cousin | John | presently property | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent son=Theme to he=Destination |
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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