Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, More Deeds of Mawgis, sentence 16
When the King saw him, he was very glad, and said, "Now, you false thief, you shall pay for all the villainies that you have done." "
Who acts: King, Reynaud, you · What happens: see, be, say, thief, pay, do · To what, where: Reynaud, false thief, villainies · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (King, Reynaud, 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 saw | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 King | det |
| 3 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 saw | nsubj |
| 4 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 glad | advcl |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 saw | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 saw | punct |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 glad | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 glad | cop |
| 9 | very | very | ADV | _ | 10 glad | advmod |
| 10 | glad | glad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 said | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 said | cc |
| 13 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 glad | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 said | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 thief | punct |
| 16 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 20 thief | advmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 thief | punct |
| 18 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 20 thief | nsubj |
| 19 | false | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 thief | amod |
| 20 | thief | thief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 said | ccomp |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 pay | punct |
| 22 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 24 pay | nsubj |
| 23 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 24 pay | aux |
| 24 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 thief | acl:relcl |
| 25 | for | for | ADP | _ | 28 villainies | case |
| 26 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 28 villainies | det:predet |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 villainies | det |
| 28 | villainies | villainy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 pay | obl |
| 29 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 32 done | obj |
| 30 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 32 done | nsubj |
| 31 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 32 done | aux |
| 32 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 28 villainies | acl:relcl |
| 33 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 20 thief | punct |
| 34 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 thief | punct |
| 35 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 thief | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | the King | Reynaud | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | is | past | Reynaud | glad property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | Reynaud not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | thief in a quote | you | now | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | pay in a quote | shall | you | false thief not said here | for all villainies | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent thief=Asset for villainy=Theme | |||
| 6 | do in a quote | present · perfect | you | all villainies | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=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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