Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Treachery of King John, sentence 58
When he saw the brethren, he said to them, "I have spoken for you to King Charles, and he has promised that if you will go to the plain of Vancouleurs riding on mules, clad in scarlet mantles which I will presently give you, with flowers in your hands and without arms, he will make peace with you.
Who acts: King, knights, Vancouleurs · What happens: see, say, speak, promise, go, ride · To what, where: brethren, knights, Charles, plain, mules, scarlet mantles · 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, knights, Vancouleurs), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 saw | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 saw | nsubj |
| 3 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 said | advcl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 brethren | det |
| 5 | brethren | brethren | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 saw | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 saw | punct |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 said | nsubj |
| 8 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 them | case |
| 10 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 said | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 spoken | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 spoken | punct |
| 13 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 spoken | nsubj |
| 14 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 spoken | aux |
| 15 | spoken | speak | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 said | ccomp |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 you | case |
| 17 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 15 spoken | obl |
| 18 | to | to | ADP | _ | 20 Charles | case |
| 19 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 Charles | nmod:desc |
| 20 | Charles | Charles | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 spoken | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 promised | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 promised | cc |
| 23 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 promised | nsubj |
| 24 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 promised | aux |
| 25 | promised | promise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 15 spoken | parataxis |
| 26 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 30 go | mark |
| 27 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 30 go | mark |
| 28 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 30 go | nsubj |
| 29 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 30 go | aux |
| 30 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 promised | ccomp |
| 31 | to | to | ADP | _ | 33 plain | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 plain | det |
| 33 | plain | plain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 go | obl |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 Vancouleurs | case |
| 35 | Vancouleurs | Vancouleur | PROPN | Number=Plur | 33 plain | nmod |
| 36 | riding | ride | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 35 Vancouleurs | acl |
| 37 | on | on | ADP | _ | 38 mules | case |
| 38 | mules | mule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 riding | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 clad | punct |
| 40 | clad | clad | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 38 mules | acl |
| 41 | in | in | ADP | _ | 43 mantles | case |
| 42 | scarlet | scarlet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 mantles | compound |
| 43 | mantles | mantle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 clad | obl |
| 44 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 48 give | obj |
| 45 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 48 give | nsubj |
| 46 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 48 give | aux |
| 47 | presently | presently | ADV | _ | 48 give | advmod |
| 48 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 43 mantles | acl:relcl |
| 49 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 48 give | iobj |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 flowers | punct |
| 51 | with | with | ADP | _ | 52 flowers | case |
| 52 | flowers | flower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 48 give | obl |
| 53 | in | in | ADP | _ | 55 hands | case |
| 54 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 55 hands | nmod:poss |
| 55 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 52 flowers | nmod |
| 56 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 58 arms | cc |
| 57 | without | without | ADP | _ | 58 arms | case |
| 58 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 55 hands | conj |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 make | punct |
| 60 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 62 make | nsubj |
| 61 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 62 make | aux |
| 62 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 go | conj |
| 63 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 make | obj |
| 64 | with | with | ADP | _ | 65 you | case |
| 65 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 62 make | obl |
| 66 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | King | the brethren | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer brethren=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | King | knights = knight | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to they=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | speak speech: other in a quote | present · perfect | King | Charles King | for knights = knight | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to charles=Co-Agent | |||
| 4 | promise speech: promise in a quote | present · perfect | King | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 5 | go a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | future | knights = knight | the plain of Vancouleurs | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to plain=Initial_Location | ||||
| 6 | ride in a quote | gerund | Vancouleurs not said here | on mules | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | clad in a quote | participle | mules not said here | scarlet mantles | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | give in a quote | future | King | scarlet mantles | knights = knight | with flowers in your hands and arms; presently property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient which=Theme | ||
| 9 | make in a quote | future | King | peace | with knights = knight | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peace=Product |
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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