Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Treachery of King John, sentence 94
He cried to Reynaud, "Let us yield ourselves to the King, seeing that neither Richard nor I can help you any more." "
Who acts: Guichard, us · What happens: cry, let, yield, see, help · To what, where: Reynaud, us, ourselves, King, Richard · 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 (Guichard, us), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 cried | nsubj |
| 2 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 Reynaud | case |
| 4 | Reynaud | Reynaud | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 cried | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Let | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 Let | punct |
| 7 | Let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 cried | conj |
| 8 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 Let | obj |
| 9 | yield | yield | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 Let | xcomp |
| 10 | ourselves | ourselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 9 yield | obj |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 King | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 King | det |
| 13 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 yield | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 seeing | punct |
| 15 | seeing | see | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 cried | advcl |
| 16 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 18 Richard | mark |
| 17 | neither | neither | DET | PronType=Neg | 18 Richard | det |
| 18 | Richard | Richard | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 seeing | obl |
| 19 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 22 help | cc |
| 20 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 22 help | nsubj |
| 21 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 22 help | aux |
| 22 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 cried | conj |
| 23 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 22 help | obj |
| 24 | any | any | ADV | _ | 25 more | advmod |
| 25 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 22 help | advmod |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 22 help | punct |
| 27 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 22 help | punct |
| 28 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 cried | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cry speech: express | past | Guichard | Reynaud | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to reynaud=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | let in a quote | infinitive | Guichard not said here | us | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | yield in a quote | infinitive | us not said here | ourselves | the King | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent ourselves=Theme to king=Goal | |||
| 4 | see in a quote | gerund | Guichard not said here | neither Richard | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 5 | help in a quote | can | Guichard | Reynaud | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary |
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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