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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 delivered | cc |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 delivered | nsubj |
| 3 | delivered | deliver | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 messenger | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 messenger | det |
| 6 | messenger | messenger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 delivered | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 King | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 King | det |
| 9 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 messenger | nmod |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 letter | det |
| 11 | letter | letter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 delivered | obj |
| 12 | wherein | wherein | ADV | PronType=Int | 15 written | advmod |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 written | nsubj |
| 14 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 written | aux |
| 15 | written | write | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 11 letter | acl:relcl |
| 16 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 15 written | parataxis |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 mind | nsubj |
| 18 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 mind | cop |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 mind | case |
| 20 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 mind | nmod:poss |
| 21 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 what | appos |
| 22 | to | to | PART | _ | 23 do | mark |
| 23 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 mind | acl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 namely | punct |
| 25 | namely | namely | ADV | _ | 15 written | advmod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 send | punct |
| 27 | to | to | PART | _ | 28 send | mark |
| 28 | send | send | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 delivered | conj |
| 29 | Ogier | Ogier | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 send | obj |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 Dane | det |
| 31 | Dane | Dane | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 send | obj |
| 32 | with | with | ADP | _ | 34 company | case |
| 33 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 34 company | det |
| 34 | company | company | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 send | obl |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 knights | case |
| 36 | knights | knight | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 company | nmod |
| 37 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 39 take | nsubj |
| 38 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 39 take | aux |
| 39 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 36 knights | acl:relcl |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 prisoner | det |
| 41 | brethren | brethren | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 prisoner | compound |
| 42 | prisoner | prisoner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 take | obj |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 delivered | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | deliver | past | King | a letter | the messenger of the King | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent letter=Theme to messenger=Destination | |||
| 2 | write | past · perfect | King | a letter parataxis; namely, wherein property | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | is | past | letter | King's mind | King nmod:poss | tree rules | |||
| 4 | do | to-infinitive | King not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | send | to-infinitive | King not said here | the Dane | Ogier | with a company of knights | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent ogier=Destination dane=Theme | ||
| 6 | take | should | knights | the brethren prisoner | vn 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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