Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Craft of Mawgis, sentence 98
And he, coming forth from his tent, when he saw Richard, cried, "Villain, now that I have you, I will see that you are hanged by the neck," and he smote him with his staff.
Who acts: yeoman, neck · What happens: come, see, cry, have, hange, smite · To what, where: tent, Richard, Villain, you · 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 (yeoman, neck), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 coming | cc |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 coming | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 coming | punct |
| 4 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 4 coming | advmod |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 tent | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 tent | nmod:poss |
| 8 | tent | tent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 coming | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 saw | punct |
| 10 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 12 saw | advmod |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 saw | nsubj |
| 12 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 tent | acl:relcl |
| 13 | Richard | Richard | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 saw | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 cried | punct |
| 15 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 saw | conj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 Villain | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 Villain | punct |
| 18 | Villain | Villain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 cried | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 now | punct |
| 20 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 28 see | advmod |
| 21 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 23 have | mark |
| 22 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 23 have | nsubj |
| 23 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 28 see | advcl |
| 24 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 23 have | nsubj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 have | punct |
| 26 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 28 see | nsubj |
| 27 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 28 see | aux |
| 28 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 cried | conj |
| 29 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 32 hanged | mark |
| 30 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 32 hanged | nsubj |
| 31 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 32 hanged | aux:pass |
| 32 | hanged | hange | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 28 see | ccomp |
| 33 | by | by | ADP | _ | 35 neck | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 neck | det |
| 35 | neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 hanged | obl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 hanged | punct |
| 37 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 28 see | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 smote | cc |
| 39 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 smote | nsubj |
| 40 | smote | smite | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 cried | conj |
| 41 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 smote | obj |
| 42 | with | with | ADP | _ | 44 staff | case |
| 43 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 staff | nmod:poss |
| 44 | staff | staff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 smote | obl |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 coming | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | gerund | yeoman | yeoman's tent | forth property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from tent=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | see | past | yeoman | Richard | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer richard=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | cry speech: express | past | yeoman not said here | Villain | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | have in a quote | present | yeoman | you nsubj | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | see in a quote | future | yeoman | now | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 6 | hange in a quote | present · passive | the neck | you | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | smite | past | yeoman | Richard | with yeoman's staff | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with staff=Instrument |
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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