Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Treachery of King John, sentence 49
If he will send to Vancouleurs, there he will find them, clothed with mantles of scarlet trimmed with fur, and riding upon mules."
Who acts: John · What happens: send, find, clothe, trim · To what, where: Vancouleurs, riding, scarlet
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 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 4 send | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 send | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 send | aux |
| 4 | send | send | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 find | advcl |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 Vancouleurs | case |
| 6 | Vancouleurs | Vancouleur | PROPN | Number=Plur | 4 send | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 send | punct |
| 8 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 11 find | expl |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 find | nsubj |
| 10 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 find | aux |
| 11 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 12 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 find | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 clothed | punct |
| 14 | clothed | clothe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 11 find | conj |
| 15 | with | with | ADP | _ | 16 mantles | case |
| 16 | mantles | mantle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 clothed | obl |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 scarlet | case |
| 18 | scarlet | scarlet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 mantles | nmod |
| 19 | trimmed | trim | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 scarlet | acl |
| 20 | with | with | ADP | _ | 21 fur | case |
| 21 | fur | fur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 trimmed | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 riding | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 riding | cc |
| 24 | riding | riding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 clothed | obl |
| 25 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 26 mules | case |
| 26 | mules | mule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 riding | nmod |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 find | punct |
| 28 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 find | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send a condition, not said to happen | future | John | Vancouleurs | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to vancouleur=Destination | ||||
| 2 | find | future | John | Vancouleurs = vancouleur | there | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic | |||
| 3 | clothe | participle | John not said here | riding upon mules | with mantles of scarlet | vn dress-41.1.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 4 | trim | participle | scarlet not said here | with fur | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with fur=Theme |
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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