Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Treachery of King John, sentence 59
For as soon as you shall cast yourselves at his feet, he will pardon you and give you again your lands."
Who acts: you, King · What happens: cast, pardon, give · To what, where: yourselves, feet, you, lands
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 (you, King), 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 | For | for | ADP | _ | 3 soon | case |
| 2 | as | as | ADV | _ | 3 soon | advmod |
| 3 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 15 pardon | obl |
| 4 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 7 cast | mark |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 cast | nsubj |
| 6 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 cast | aux |
| 7 | cast | cast | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 soon | advcl |
| 8 | yourselves | yourselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 7 cast | obj |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 feet | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 feet | nmod:poss |
| 11 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 cast | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 soon | punct |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 pardon | nsubj |
| 14 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 pardon | aux |
| 15 | pardon | pardon | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 16 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 15 pardon | obj |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 give | cc |
| 18 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 pardon | conj |
| 19 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 18 give | iobj |
| 20 | again | again | ADV | _ | 18 give | advmod |
| 21 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 lands | nmod:poss |
| 22 | lands | land | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 give | obj |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 pardon | punct |
| 24 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 pardon | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cast | shall | you | yourselves | King's feet | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent yourselves=Theme at foot=Destination | |||
| 2 | pardon | future | King | you | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent you=Theme for soon=Attribute | ||||
| 3 | give | infinitive | King not said here | your lands | you | again | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient land=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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