Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Craft of Mawgis, sentence 52
If you overcome me then shall you take me to the King, that he may do with me as he will; but if I, on the other hand, overcome, then will I take you to Montalban, but you shall suffer no harm or shame."
Who acts: you, need, I · What happens: overcome, take, do, suffer · To what, where: me, King, you, Montalban, other hand, harm
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 (you, need, I), 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 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 3 overcome | mark |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 overcome | nsubj |
| 3 | overcome | overcome | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 take | advcl |
| 4 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 overcome | obj |
| 5 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 overcome | advmod |
| 6 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 take | aux |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 take | nsubj |
| 8 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 take | obj |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 King | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 King | det |
| 12 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 take | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 do | punct |
| 14 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 17 do | mark |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 do | nsubj |
| 16 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 do | aux |
| 17 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 take | conj |
| 18 | with | with | ADP | _ | 19 me | case |
| 19 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 do | obl |
| 20 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 22 will | mark |
| 21 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 will | nsubj |
| 22 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 do | advcl |
| 23 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 38 take | punct |
| 24 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 38 take | cc |
| 25 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 26 I | mark |
| 26 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 38 take | reparandum |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 I | punct |
| 28 | on | on | ADP | _ | 31 hand | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 hand | det |
| 30 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 hand | amod |
| 31 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 take | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 hand | punct |
| 33 | overcome | overcome | INTJ | _ | 38 take | discourse |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 overcome | punct |
| 35 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 38 take | advmod |
| 36 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 38 take | aux |
| 37 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 38 take | nsubj |
| 38 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 take | conj |
| 39 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 38 take | obj |
| 40 | to | to | ADP | _ | 41 Montalban | case |
| 41 | Montalban | Montalban | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 take | obl |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 suffer | punct |
| 43 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 46 suffer | cc |
| 44 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 46 suffer | nsubj |
| 45 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 46 suffer | aux |
| 46 | suffer | suffer | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 take | parataxis |
| 47 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 48 harm | det |
| 48 | harm | harm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 suffer | obj |
| 49 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 50 shame | cc |
| 50 | shame | shame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 harm | conj |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 46 suffer | punct |
| 52 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 46 suffer | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | overcome a condition, not said to happen | present | you | me | then | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot i=Theme | |||
| 2 | take | shall | you | me | the King | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme to king=Destination | |||
| 3 | do | may | need | with me | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | take | future | I | you | Montalban | the other hand | then | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme on hand=Destination | |
| 5 | suffer | shall | you | no harm or shame | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer harm=Stimulus |
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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