Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, More Deeds of Mawgis, sentence 48
Then seeing that the King had fallen with his head awry, he took a pillow and set it under him.
Who acts: King · What happens: see, fall, take, set · To what, where: pillow · 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), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 2 seeing | advmod |
| 2 | seeing | see | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 took | advcl |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 fallen | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 King | det |
| 5 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 fallen | nsubj |
| 6 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 fallen | aux |
| 7 | fallen | fall | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 seeing | ccomp |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 head | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 head | nmod:poss |
| 10 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fallen | obl |
| 11 | awry | awry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 fallen | xcomp |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 seeing | punct |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 took | nsubj |
| 14 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 pillow | det |
| 16 | pillow | pillow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 took | obj |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 set | cc |
| 18 | set | set | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 took | conj |
| 19 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 set | obj |
| 20 | under | under | ADP | _ | 21 him | case |
| 21 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 set | obl |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 took | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | gerund | King not said here | then | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | fall | past · perfect | the King | with King's head; awry property | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | take | past | King | a pillow | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pillow=Theme | ||||
| 4 | set | infinitive | King not said here | pillow | under King | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme under he=Destination |
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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