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Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Treachery of King John, sentence 52

And he delivered to the messenger of the King a letter wherein he had written what it was in his mind to do, namely, to send Ogier the Dane with a company of knights who should take the brethren prisoner.

Who acts: King, letter, knights · What happens: deliver, write, be, do, send, take · To what, where: letter, messenger, mind, Dane, Ogier, brethren prisoner

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, letter, knights), 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

ccnsubjcasedetoblcasedetnmoddetobjadvmodnsubjauxacl:relclparataxisnsubjcopcasenmod:possapposmarkaclpunctadvmodpunctmarkconjobjdetobjcasedetoblcasenmodnsubjauxacl:relcldetcompoundobjpunctrootAndCCONJhePRONdeliveredVERBtoADPtheDETmessengerNOUNofADPtheDETKingPROPNaDETletterNOUNwhereinADVhePRONhadAUXwrittenVERBwhatPRONitPRONwasAUXinADPhisPRONmindNOUNtoPARTdoVERB,PUNCTnamelyADV,PUNCTtoPARTsendVERBOgierPROPNtheDETDanePROPNwithADPaDETcompanyNOUNofADPknightsNOUNwhoPRONshouldAUXtakeVERBtheDETbrethrenNOUNprisonerNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AndandCCONJ_3 deliveredcc
2hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 deliverednsubj
3delivereddeliverVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4totoADP_6 messengercase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 messengerdet
6messengermessengerNOUNNumber=Sing3 deliveredobl
7ofofADP_9 Kingcase
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 Kingdet
9KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing6 messengernmod
10aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art11 letterdet
11letterletterNOUNNumber=Sing3 deliveredobj
12whereinwhereinADVPronType=Int15 writtenadvmod
13hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs15 writtennsubj
14hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin15 writtenaux
15writtenwriteVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part11 letteracl:relcl
16whatwhatPRONPronType=Int15 writtenparataxis
17ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs21 mindnsubj
18wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin21 mindcop
19ininADP_21 mindcase
20hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs21 mindnmod:poss
21mindmindNOUNNumber=Sing16 whatappos
22totoPART_23 domark
23dodoVERBVerbForm=Inf21 mindacl
24,,PUNCT_25 namelypunct
25namelynamelyADV_15 writtenadvmod
26,,PUNCT_28 sendpunct
27totoPART_28 sendmark
28sendsendVERBVerbForm=Inf3 deliveredconj
29OgierOgierPROPNNumber=Sing28 sendobj
30thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art31 Danedet
31DaneDanePROPNNumber=Sing28 sendobj
32withwithADP_34 companycase
33aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art34 companydet
34companycompanyNOUNNumber=Sing28 sendobl
35ofofADP_36 knightscase
36knightsknightNOUNNumber=Plur34 companynmod
37whowhoPRONPronType=Rel39 takensubj
38shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin39 takeaux
39taketakeVERBVerbForm=Inf36 knightsacl:relcl
40thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art42 prisonerdet
41brethrenbrethrenNOUNNumber=Sing42 prisonercompound
42prisonerprisonerNOUNNumber=Sing39 takeobj
43..PUNCT_3 deliveredpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1deliverpastKinga letterthe messenger of the Kingvn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent letter=Theme to messenger=Destination
2writepast · perfectKinga letter parataxis; namely, wherein propertyvn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3ispastletterKing's mindKing nmod:posstree rules
4doto-infinitiveKing not said herevn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5sendto-infinitiveKing not said herethe DaneOgierwith a company of knightsvn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent ogier=Destination dane=Theme
6takeshouldknightsthe brethren prisonervn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prisoner=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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