Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, More Deeds of Mawgis, sentence 42
And the King was so wroth, that he would have slain the man forthwith, only the Peers hindered him.
Who acts: King, Peers · What happens: be, slay, hinder · To what, where: man, King
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, Peers), 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 | _ | 6 wroth | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 King | det |
| 3 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 wroth | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 wroth | cop |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 wroth | advmod |
| 6 | wroth | wroth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 slain | punct |
| 8 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 12 slain | mark |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 slain | nsubj |
| 10 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 slain | aux |
| 11 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 12 slain | aux |
| 12 | slain | slay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 wroth | conj |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 man | det |
| 14 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 slain | obj |
| 15 | forthwith | forthwith | ADV | _ | 12 slain | advmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 hindered | punct |
| 17 | only | only | ADV | _ | 20 hindered | advmod |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 Peers | det |
| 19 | Peers | Peer | PROPN | Number=Plur | 20 hindered | nsubj |
| 20 | hindered | hinder | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 slain | conj |
| 21 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 hindered | obj |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 wroth | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the King | wroth property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | slay | would · perfect | King | the man | forthwith property | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient | |||
| 3 | hinder | past | the Peers | King | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer he=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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