Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Treachery of King John, sentence 72
Of these knights Ogier the Dane was the chief, and was not a little in doubt how he should bear him, for on the one hand he was near of kin to the brethren, and on the other he was bound in duty to perform the command of the King.
Who acts: Ogier, way · What happens: be, not be, bear, bind, perform, command · To what, where: chief, doubt, way, kin, other, command · 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 (Ogier, way), 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 | Of | of | ADP | _ | 3 knights | case |
| 2 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 3 knights | det |
| 3 | knights | knight | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 chief | obl |
| 4 | Ogier | Ogier | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 chief | nsubj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Dane | det |
| 6 | Dane | Dane | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Ogier | appos |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 chief | cop |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 chief | det |
| 9 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 little | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 little | cc |
| 12 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 little | cop |
| 13 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 little | advmod |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 little | det |
| 15 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 chief | conj |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 doubt | case |
| 17 | doubt | doubt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 little | obl |
| 18 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 21 bear | advmod |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 bear | nsubj |
| 20 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 21 bear | aux |
| 21 | bear | bear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 chief | parataxis |
| 22 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 bear | obj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 kin | punct |
| 24 | for | for | ADP | _ | 28 hand | case |
| 25 | on | on | ADP | _ | 28 hand | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 hand | det |
| 27 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 28 hand | nummod |
| 28 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 kin | obl |
| 29 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 kin | nsubj |
| 30 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 kin | cop |
| 31 | near | near | ADP | _ | 33 kin | case |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 kin | case |
| 33 | kin | kin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 bear | parataxis |
| 34 | to | to | ADP | _ | 36 brethren | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 brethren | det |
| 36 | brethren | brethren | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 kin | nmod |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 bound | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 bound | cc |
| 39 | on | on | ADP | _ | 41 other | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 other | det |
| 41 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 bound | obl |
| 42 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 bound | nsubj |
| 43 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 bound | aux:pass |
| 44 | bound | bind | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 chief | parataxis |
| 45 | in | in | ADP | _ | 46 duty | case |
| 46 | duty | duty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 bound | obl |
| 47 | to | to | PART | _ | 48 perform | mark |
| 48 | perform | perform | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 44 bound | advcl |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 command | det |
| 50 | command | command | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 perform | obj |
| 51 | of | of | ADP | _ | 53 King | case |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 King | det |
| 53 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 50 command | nmod |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 chief | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Ogier | the chief | of this knights | tree rules | |||
| 2 | not is | past | Ogier not said here | doubt | little property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | bear | should | Ogier | way | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ||||
| 4 | is | past | way | kin | for the one hand; to the brethren | tree rules | |||
| 5 | bind | past · passive | way | the other | in duty | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in duty=Theme | |||
| 6 | perform | to-infinitive | the command of the King | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent command=Theme | |||||
| 7 | command | the King | nom command «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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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