Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Craft of Mawgis, sentence 70
But then, as one that takes courage to speak, he said, "Sir, you may see that I am a poor man that has more need of health than of compassing treason.
Who acts: one, pilgrim, Sir, poor man, more need · What happens: take, speak, say, see, be, have · To what, where: courage, poor man, more need, treason, health · 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 (one, pilgrim, Sir, poor man), 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 | _ | 7 takes | cc |
| 2 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 one | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 one | punct |
| 4 | as | as | ADP | _ | 5 one | case |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 takes | nsubj |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 takes | nsubj |
| 7 | takes | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 said | advcl |
| 8 | courage | courage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 takes | obj |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 speak | mark |
| 10 | speak | speak | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 courage | acl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 takes | punct |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 said | nsubj |
| 13 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 Sir | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 Sir | punct |
| 16 | Sir | Sir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 see | nsubj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 Sir | punct |
| 18 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 20 see | nsubj |
| 19 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 20 see | aux |
| 20 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 said | ccomp |
| 21 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 26 man | mark |
| 22 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 26 man | nsubj |
| 23 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 man | cop |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 man | det |
| 25 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 man | amod |
| 26 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 see | ccomp |
| 27 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 28 has | nsubj |
| 28 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 man | acl:relcl |
| 29 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 30 need | amod |
| 30 | need | need | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 has | obj |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 health | case |
| 32 | health | health | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 need | nmod |
| 33 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 35 compassing | mark |
| 34 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 35 compassing | mark |
| 35 | compassing | compass | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 30 need | acl |
| 36 | treason | treason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 compassing | obj |
| 37 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | present | one | courage | that nsubj | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent courage=Theme | |||
| 2 | speak speech: other | to-infinitive | one not said here | courage not said here | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | pilgrim | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | see in a quote | may | Sir | you nsubj | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 5 | is a in a quote | present | pilgrim | a poor man | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | have in a quote | present | a poor man | more need of health | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent need=Patient | ||||
| 7 | compass in a quote | gerund | more need of health not said here | treason | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | need in a quote | health | nom need «state transitive»: of=patient |
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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