Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Craft of Mawgis, sentence 45

But Reynaud, when he was now at the distance to charge, lighted down off Bayard, and fixing his spear in the earth, tethered his horse, and running forward knelt before Roland and said to him, "I pray you to have pity on me, for you are of kin to me.

Who acts: Reynaud, fixing, running · What happens: be, charge, light down, fix, tether, run · To what, where: spear, earth, horse, Roland, Reynaud, pity · 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, fixing, running), 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	_	14 lighted	cc
2	Reynaud	Reynaud	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 lighted	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 distance	punct
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 distance	advmod
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 distance	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 distance	cop
7	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 distance	advmod
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 distance	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 distance	det
10	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Reynaud	appos
11	to	to	PART	_	12 charge	mark
12	charge	charge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 distance	acl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 lighted	punct
14	lighted	light	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
15	down	down	ADP	_	14 lighted	compound:prt
16	off	off	ADP	_	17 Bayard	case
17	Bayard	Bayard	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 lighted	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 tethered	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 tethered	cc
20	fixing	fix	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	27 tethered	csubj
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 spear	nmod:poss
22	spear	spear	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 fixing	obj
23	in	in	ADP	_	25 earth	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 earth	det
25	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 fixing	obl
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 fixing	punct
27	tethered	tether	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 lighted	conj
28	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	29 horse	nmod:poss
29	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 tethered	obj
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 knelt	punct
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 knelt	cc
32	running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	34 knelt	csubj
33	forward	forward	ADV	_	32 running	advmod
34	knelt	kneel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	27 tethered	conj
35	before	before	ADP	_	36 Roland	case
36	Roland	Roland	PROPN	Number=Sing	34 knelt	obl
37	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 said	cc
38	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 tethered	conj
39	to	to	ADP	_	40 him	case
40	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 said	obl
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 pray	punct
42	"	"	PUNCT	_	44 pray	punct
43	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	44 pray	nsubj
44	pray	pray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	38 said	conj
45	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	44 pray	obj
46	to	to	PART	_	47 have	mark
47	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	44 pray	advcl
48	pity	pity	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 have	obj
49	on	on	ADP	_	50 me	case
50	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	47 have	obl
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 kin	punct
52	for	for	ADP	_	56 kin	case
53	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	56 kin	nsubj
54	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	56 kin	cop
55	of	of	ADP	_	56 kin	case
56	kin	kin	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 said	parataxis
57	to	to	ADP	_	58 me	case
58	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	56 kin	nmod
59	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 lighted	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Reynaud				now	at the distance	tree rules
2	charge	to-infinitive	Reynaud not said here						vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	light down	participle	Reynaud					off Bayard	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	fix	gerund		Reynaud's spear		the earth			vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent spear=Patient
5	tether	past	fixing	Reynaud's horse					vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient
6	run	gerund						forward property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	kneel	participle	running			Roland			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before roland=Location
8	say speech: assert	past	fixing not said here		Reynaud				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic
9	pray in a quote	present	fixing	Reynaud					tree rules
10	have in a quote	to-infinitive	fixing not said here	pity				on fixing	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pity=Patient
11	is in a quote	present	Reynaud		fixing			for kin	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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Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Craft of Mawgis, sentence 45