Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, More Deeds of Mawgis, sentence 1
When Reynaud had accomplished the delivering of his brother Richard, he sent the greater part of his company back to Montalban, but he himself remained with the rest, being minded to do some great thing against King Charles.
Who acts: Reynaud · What happens: accomplish, send, remain, mind, do · To what, where: delivering, greater part, great thing
This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, More Deeds 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), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 accomplished | advmod |
| 2 | Reynaud | Reynaud | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 accomplished | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 accomplished | aux |
| 4 | accomplished | accomplish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 13 sent | advcl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 delivering | det |
| 6 | delivering | delivering | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 accomplished | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 Richard | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 brother | nmod:poss |
| 9 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 Richard | nmod:desc |
| 10 | Richard | Richard | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 delivering | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 accomplished | punct |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 sent | nsubj |
| 13 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 part | det |
| 15 | greater | great | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 16 part | amod |
| 16 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 sent | obj |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 company | case |
| 18 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 company | nmod:poss |
| 19 | company | company | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 part | nmod |
| 20 | back | back | ADV | _ | 19 company | advmod |
| 21 | to | to | ADP | _ | 22 Montalban | case |
| 22 | Montalban | Montalban | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 back | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 remained | punct |
| 24 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 27 remained | cc |
| 25 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 remained | nsubj |
| 26 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes | 25 he | nmod:unmarked |
| 27 | remained | remain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 sent | conj |
| 28 | with | with | ADP | _ | 30 rest | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 rest | det |
| 30 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 remained | obl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 minded | punct |
| 32 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 33 minded | aux:pass |
| 33 | minded | mind | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 27 remained | conj |
| 34 | to | to | PART | _ | 35 do | mark |
| 35 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 33 minded | xcomp |
| 36 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 38 thing | det |
| 37 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 thing | amod |
| 38 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 do | obj |
| 39 | against | against | ADP | _ | 41 Charles | case |
| 40 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 Charles | nmod:desc |
| 41 | Charles | Charles | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 thing | nmod |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 sent | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accomplish | past · perfect | Reynaud | the delivering of Richard Reynaud's brother | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent delivering=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | send | past | Reynaud | the greater part of Reynaud's company | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Theme | ||||
| 3 | remain | participle | Reynaud | with the rest | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | mind | gerund · passive | Reynaud not said here | vn care-88.1 «NP V that S»: clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 5 | do | to-infinitive | Reynaud not said here | some great thing | against Charles King | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality |
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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