Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Craft of Mawgis, sentence 36
Reynaud, on the other part, when he saw Roland and his company, said to his brothers, "Stay you behind till you are wanted.
Who acts: Reynaud · What happens: see, say, stay, want · To what, where: Roland, brothers · 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 (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 | Reynaud | Reynaud | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 saw | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 part | punct |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 part | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 part | det |
| 5 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 part | amod |
| 6 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Reynaud | appos |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Reynaud | punct |
| 8 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 saw | advmod |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 saw | nsubj |
| 10 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | Roland | Roland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 saw | obj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 company | cc |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 company | nmod:poss |
| 14 | company | company | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 Roland | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 said | punct |
| 16 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 saw | conj |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 brothers | case |
| 18 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 19 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 said | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 Stay | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 22 Stay | punct |
| 22 | Stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 said | conj |
| 23 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 22 Stay | obj |
| 24 | behind | behind | ADV | _ | 22 Stay | advmod |
| 25 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 28 wanted | mark |
| 26 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 28 wanted | nsubj |
| 27 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 28 wanted | aux:pass |
| 28 | wanted | want | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 22 Stay | advcl |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 saw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | Reynaud | Roland and Roland's company | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer roland=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | Reynaud not said here | Roland's brothers | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to brother=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | stay in a quote | infinitive | Reynaud not said here | Roland's brothers = brother | behind property | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme you=Location | |||
| 4 | want in a quote | present · passive | Roland's brothers = brother | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=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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