Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Treachery of King John, sentence 83
Nor do I doubt that Mawgis, who knows things that are hidden from other men, knows in what plight we are, and will bring us help presently."
Who acts: I, Mawgis · What happens: doubt, know, hide, bring, help · To what, where: things, us
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 (I, Mawgis), 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 | Nor | nor | INTJ | _ | 4 doubt | discourse |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 doubt | aux |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 doubt | nsubj |
| 4 | doubt | doubt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 18 knows | mark |
| 6 | Mawgis | Mawgis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 knows | nsubj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 knows | punct |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 knows | nsubj |
| 9 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 Mawgis | acl:relcl |
| 10 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 knows | obj |
| 11 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 hidden | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 hidden | aux:pass |
| 13 | hidden | hide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 things | acl:relcl |
| 14 | from | from | ADP | _ | 16 men | case |
| 15 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 men | amod |
| 16 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 hidden | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Mawgis | punct |
| 18 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 doubt | ccomp |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 what | case |
| 20 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 knows | obl |
| 21 | plight | plight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 are | obl |
| 22 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 23 are | nsubj |
| 23 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 what | acl:relcl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 bring | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 bring | cc |
| 26 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 27 bring | aux |
| 27 | bring | bring | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 doubt | parataxis |
| 28 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 27 bring | obj |
| 29 | help | help | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 27 bring | conj |
| 30 | presently | presently | ADV | _ | 29 help | advmod |
| 31 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 doubt | punct |
| 32 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 doubt | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | doubt | present · do-support | I | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | know | present | Mawgis | things | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | hide | present · passive | things | from other men | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Patient from man=Beneficiary | ||||
| 4 | know | present | Mawgis | what obl | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 5 | bring | future | us | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument we=Destination | |||||
| 6 | help | infinitive | presently property | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
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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