Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Craft of Mawgis, sentence 19
But when the Lady Clare swore by all the Saints that she had no knowledge of her brother's wickedness and fell in a swoon at his feet, and his brothers also made intercession for her, his heart was softened, and he consented to receive her again.
Who acts: Lady Clare, Clare, brothers, Reynaud · What happens: swear, have, fall, make, soften, consent · To what, where: knowledge, swoon, intercession, heart, Clare
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 (Lady Clare, Clare, brothers, Reynaud), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 swore | cc |
| 2 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 swore | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Clare | det |
| 4 | Lady | Lady | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Clare | compound |
| 5 | Clare | Clare | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 swore | nsubj |
| 6 | swore | swear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 Saints | case |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 Saints | det:predet |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Saints | det |
| 10 | Saints | Saint | PROPN | Number=Plur | 6 swore | obl |
| 11 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 13 had | mark |
| 12 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 had | nsubj |
| 13 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 swore | advcl |
| 14 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 15 knowledge | det |
| 15 | knowledge | knowledge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 had | obj |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 wickedness | case |
| 17 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 brother | nmod:poss |
| 18 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 wickedness | nmod:poss |
| 19 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 18 brother | case |
| 20 | wickedness | wickedness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 knowledge | nmod |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 fell | cc |
| 22 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 had | conj |
| 23 | in | in | ADP | _ | 25 swoon | case |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 25 swoon | det |
| 25 | swoon | swoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 fell | obl |
| 26 | at | at | ADP | _ | 28 feet | case |
| 27 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 feet | nmod:poss |
| 28 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 fell | obl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 made | punct |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 made | cc |
| 31 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 32 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 made | nsubj |
| 33 | also | also | ADV | _ | 34 made | advmod |
| 34 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 swore | conj |
| 35 | intercession | intercession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 made | obj |
| 36 | for | for | ADP | _ | 37 her | case |
| 37 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 made | obl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 softened | punct |
| 39 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 heart | nmod:poss |
| 40 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 softened | nsubj:pass |
| 41 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 softened | aux:pass |
| 42 | softened | soften | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 34 made | conj |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 consented | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 consented | cc |
| 45 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 consented | nsubj |
| 46 | consented | consent | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 swore | conj |
| 47 | to | to | PART | _ | 48 receive | mark |
| 48 | receive | receive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 46 consented | xcomp |
| 49 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 receive | obj |
| 50 | again | again | ADV | _ | 48 receive | advmod |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 swore | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swear | past | the Lady Clare | by all Saints | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | have | past | Clare | no knowledge of Clare's brother's wickedness | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knowledge=Patient | ||||
| 3 | fall | past | Clare not said here | a swoon | at Reynaud's feet | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in swoon=Location | |||
| 4 | make | past | Reynaud's brothers | intercession | for Clare | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent intercession=Product for she=Beneficiary | |||
| 5 | soften | past · passive | Reynaud's heart | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 6 | consent | past | Reynaud | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 7 | receive | to-infinitive | Reynaud not said here | Clare | again | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
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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