Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, More Deeds of Mawgis, sentence 25
When Mawgis heard these words, he said to the King, "If this is what you fear, I will give you my word that I will not go away without taking leave of you in due form." "
Who acts: Mawgis, this, King, word, my · What happens: hear, say, be, fear, give, not go away · To what, where: words, King, word, leave, due form · 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 (Mawgis, this, King, word), 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 | 3 heard | advmod |
| 2 | Mawgis | Mawgis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 heard | nsubj |
| 3 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 said | advcl |
| 4 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 5 words | det |
| 5 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 heard | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 heard | punct |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 said | nsubj |
| 8 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 King | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 King | det |
| 11 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 said | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 what | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 what | punct |
| 14 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 17 what | mark |
| 15 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 17 what | nsubj |
| 16 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 what | cop |
| 17 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 23 give | obj |
| 18 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 19 fear | nsubj |
| 19 | fear | fear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 what | acl:relcl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 what | punct |
| 21 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 23 give | nsubj |
| 22 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 23 give | aux |
| 23 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 said | ccomp |
| 24 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 23 give | iobj |
| 25 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 word | nmod:poss |
| 26 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 give | obj |
| 27 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 31 go | nsubj |
| 28 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 31 go | nsubj |
| 29 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 31 go | aux |
| 30 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 31 go | advmod |
| 31 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 26 word | acl:relcl |
| 32 | away | away | ADV | _ | 31 go | advmod |
| 33 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 34 taking | mark |
| 34 | taking | take | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 31 go | advcl |
| 35 | leave | leave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 taking | obj |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 you | case |
| 37 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 35 leave | nmod |
| 38 | in | in | ADP | _ | 40 form | case |
| 39 | due | due | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 form | amod |
| 40 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 taking | obl |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 23 give | punct |
| 42 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 23 give | punct |
| 43 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | past | Mawgis | this words | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | Mawgis | the King | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to king=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | is a a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | this | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | fear in a quote | present | the King = king | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 5 | give in a quote | future | Mawgis | my word | the King = king | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient word=Theme | |||
| 6 | not go away in a quote | future | my word | I nsubj; away property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 7 | take in a quote | gerund | my word not said here | leave of you | due form | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent leave=Value in form=Location | |||
| 8 | word in a quote | my | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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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