Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Treachery of King John, sentence 60
There was not a little debate among the brethren on this matter, for Reynaud was minded to go, but the others were unwilling.
Who acts: little debate, others · What happens: not be, mind, go, unwill · To what, where: Reynaud
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 (little debate, others), 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 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 was | expl |
| 2 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 2 was | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 debate | det |
| 5 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 debate | amod |
| 6 | debate | debate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 was | nsubj |
| 7 | among | among | ADP | _ | 9 brethren | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 brethren | det |
| 9 | brethren | brethren | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 debate | nmod |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 matter | case |
| 11 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 12 matter | det |
| 12 | matter | matter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 brethren | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 minded | punct |
| 14 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 17 minded | mark |
| 15 | Reynaud | Reynaud | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 minded | nsubj |
| 16 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 minded | aux:pass |
| 17 | minded | mind | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 was | conj |
| 18 | to | to | PART | _ | 19 go | mark |
| 19 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 minded | xcomp |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 unwilling | punct |
| 21 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 25 unwilling | cc |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 others | det |
| 23 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 unwilling | nsubj |
| 24 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 unwilling | aux |
| 25 | unwilling | unwill | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 19 go | conj |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 was | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not be | past | a little debate among the brethren on this matter | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | mind | past · passive | Reynaud | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | go | to-infinitive | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 4 | unwill | past · progressive | the others | tree rules |
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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