Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Craft of Mawgis, sentence 11
The King said to a certain knight whom he knew, "Go now to Reynaud and say that I am in sore straits." "
Who acts: King · What happens: say, know, go, be · To what, where: certain knight, Reynaud, sore straits · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (King), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 King | det |
| 2 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 knight | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 knight | det |
| 6 | certain | certain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 knight | amod |
| 7 | knight | knight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 said | obl |
| 8 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 knew | obj |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 knew | nsubj |
| 10 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 knight | acl:relcl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 Go | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 Go | punct |
| 13 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 said | ccomp |
| 14 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 13 Go | advmod |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 Reynaud | case |
| 16 | Reynaud | Reynaud | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 Go | obl |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 say | cc |
| 18 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 13 Go | conj |
| 19 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 24 straits | mark |
| 20 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 24 straits | nsubj |
| 21 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 straits | cop |
| 22 | in | in | ADP | _ | 24 straits | case |
| 23 | sore | sore | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 straits | amod |
| 24 | straits | strait | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 say | ccomp |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 Go | punct |
| 26 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 Go | punct |
| 27 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the King | a certain knight | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to knight=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | know | past | King | a certain knight | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer whom=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | go in a quote | infinitive | Reynaud | now | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to reynaud=Initial_Location | ||||
| 4 | say speech: assert in a quote | infinitive | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 5 | is in a quote | present | the King = king | sore straits | 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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