Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Craft of Mawgis, sentence 48
Roland was much troubled at these words, and said, "I would that it might be, but the King will not make peace except you deliver to him Mawgis." "
Who acts: Roland, war, King, you · What happens: be, say, that, not make, deliver · To what, where: words, peace, King · 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 (Roland, war, King, you), 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 | Roland | Roland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 troubled | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 troubled | cop |
| 3 | much | much | ADV | _ | 4 troubled | advmod |
| 4 | troubled | troubled | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 words | case |
| 6 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 7 words | det |
| 7 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 troubled | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 said | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 said | cc |
| 10 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 troubled | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 that | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 that | punct |
| 13 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 that | nsubj |
| 14 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 that | aux |
| 15 | that | that | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 said | ccomp |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 be | nsubj |
| 17 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 be | aux |
| 18 | be | be | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 that | ccomp |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 make | punct |
| 20 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 25 make | cc |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 King | det |
| 22 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 make | nsubj |
| 23 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 25 make | aux |
| 24 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 25 make | advmod |
| 25 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 troubled | conj |
| 26 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 make | obj |
| 27 | except | except | ADP | _ | 29 deliver | mark |
| 28 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 29 deliver | nsubj |
| 29 | deliver | deliver | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 make | advcl |
| 30 | to | to | ADP | _ | 31 him | case |
| 31 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 deliver | obl |
| 32 | Mawgis | Mawgis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 deliver | vocative |
| 33 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 troubled | punct |
| 34 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 troubled | punct |
| 35 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 troubled | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Roland | this words | troubled property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | Roland not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | that in a quote | would | Roland | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | be in a quote | might | war | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | not make in a quote | future | the King | peace | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peace=Product | ||||
| 6 | deliver in a quote | present | you | King | Mawgis vocative | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to he=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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