Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, More Deeds of Mawgis, sentence 51
When he had so done, he took a herb that he had, and rubbed the King's nose and lips with it, and said, "Wake, Sir King, I said that I should not go without taking leave.
Who acts: King, I · What happens: do, take, have, rub, say, not go · To what, where: herb, nose, Wake, leave · 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, I), 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 | 5 done | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 done | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 done | aux |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 done | advmod |
| 5 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 took | advcl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 done | punct |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 took | nsubj |
| 8 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 herb | det |
| 10 | herb | herb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 took | obj |
| 11 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 13 had | mark |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 had | nsubj |
| 13 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 took | advcl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 rubbed | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 rubbed | cc |
| 16 | rubbed | rub | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 took | conj |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 King | det |
| 18 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 nose | nmod:poss |
| 19 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 18 King | case |
| 20 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 rubbed | obj |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 lips | cc |
| 22 | lips | lip | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 nose | conj |
| 23 | with | with | ADP | _ | 24 it | case |
| 24 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 rubbed | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 said | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 said | cc |
| 27 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 took | parataxis |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 Wake | punct |
| 29 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 30 Wake | punct |
| 30 | Wake | wake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 said | obj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 King | punct |
| 32 | Sir | Sir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 King | compound |
| 33 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 Wake | appos |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 said | punct |
| 35 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 36 said | nsubj |
| 36 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 said | conj |
| 37 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 41 go | mark |
| 38 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 41 go | nsubj |
| 39 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 41 go | aux |
| 40 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 41 go | advmod |
| 41 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 36 said | ccomp |
| 42 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 43 taking | mark |
| 43 | taking | take | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 41 go | advcl |
| 44 | leave | leave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 taking | obj |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 took | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past · perfect | King | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | take | past | King | a herb | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herb=Theme | ||||
| 3 | have | past | King | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | rub | past | King not said here | the King's nose and lips | with herb | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent nose=Destination with it=Theme | |||
| 5 | say speech: assert | past | Wake | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent wake=Topic | |||||
| 6 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | I | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 7 | not go in a quote | should | I | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 8 | take in a quote | gerund | I not said here | leave | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leave=Theme |
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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