Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, More Deeds of Mawgis, sentence 37

Nor was he even then content, for he called for irons, and bound the man's hands and his feet.

Who acts: Nor · What happens: be, call, bind · To what, where: hands · 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 (Nor), 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	Nor	Nor	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 content	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 content	cop
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 content	nsubj
4	even	even	ADV	_	6 content	advmod
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 content	advmod
6	content	content	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 called	punct
8	for	for	SCONJ	_	10 called	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 called	nsubj
10	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 content	conj
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 irons	case
12	irons	iron	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 called	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 bound	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 bound	cc
15	bound	bind	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 content	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 man	det
17	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 hands	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 man	case
19	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 bound	obj
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 feet	cc
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 feet	nmod:poss
22	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 hands	conj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 content	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Nor		then	content property	tree rules
2	call	participle	Nor			for irons	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for iron=Recipient
3	bind	past	Nor not said here	the man's hands and Nor's feet			vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=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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🌲 Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, More Deeds of Mawgis, sentence 37

The tree

Pragmatics

Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, More Deeds of Mawgis, sentence 37