Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Craft of Mawgis, sentence 10
And when the Abbot would not consent, Roland entered the cloister, and took King John by force, the man being known to him, and set him on a horse, with his face to the tail.
Who acts: Abbot, Roland · What happens: not consent, enter, take, know, set · To what, where: cloister, John, man, King
This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, Of the Craft of Mawgis. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Abbot, Roland), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 entered | cc |
| 2 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 7 consent | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Abbot | det |
| 4 | Abbot | Abbot | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 consent | nsubj |
| 5 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 consent | aux |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 consent | advmod |
| 7 | consent | consent | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 entered | advcl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 consent | punct |
| 9 | Roland | Roland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 entered | nsubj |
| 10 | entered | enter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 cloister | det |
| 12 | cloister | cloister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 entered | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 took | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 took | cc |
| 15 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 entered | conj |
| 16 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 John | nmod:desc |
| 17 | John | John | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 took | obj |
| 18 | by | by | ADP | _ | 19 force | case |
| 19 | force | force | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 took | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 known | punct |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 man | det |
| 22 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 known | nsubj:pass |
| 23 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 24 known | aux:pass |
| 24 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 took | parataxis |
| 25 | to | to | ADP | _ | 26 him | case |
| 26 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 known | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 set | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 set | cc |
| 29 | set | set | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 known | conj |
| 30 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 set | obj |
| 31 | on | on | ADP | _ | 33 horse | case |
| 32 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 33 horse | det |
| 33 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 set | obl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 face | punct |
| 35 | with | with | ADP | _ | 37 face | case |
| 36 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 face | nmod:poss |
| 37 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 set | obl |
| 38 | to | to | ADP | _ | 40 tail | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 tail | det |
| 40 | tail | tail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 face | nmod |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 entered | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not consent | would | the Abbot | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | enter | past | Roland | the cloister | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cloister=Destination | ||||
| 3 | take | past | Roland not said here | John King | by force | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument john=Destination | |||
| 4 | know | gerund · passive | the man | King | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | set | infinitive | King | on a horse; with King's face to the tail | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme on horse=Destination |
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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