Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, More Deeds of Mawgis, sentence 59
Did you see him depart?" said Oliver to Roland, "No, by St. Denis," answered Roland.
Who acts: you, King, Oliver · What happens: see, depart, say, answer · To what, where: King, Roland · 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 (you, King, Oliver), 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 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 see | aux |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 see | nsubj |
| 3 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 said | ccomp |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 see | obj |
| 5 | depart | depart | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 see | xcomp |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 see | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 see | punct |
| 8 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | Oliver | Oliver | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 said | nsubj |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 Roland | case |
| 11 | Roland | Roland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 said | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 Denis | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 Denis | punct |
| 14 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 18 Denis | discourse |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 Denis | punct |
| 16 | by | by | ADP | _ | 18 Denis | case |
| 17 | St. | St. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 Denis | nmod:desc |
| 18 | Denis | Denis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Roland | conj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 answered | punct |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 answered | punct |
| 21 | answered | answer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 said | parataxis |
| 22 | Roland | Roland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 answered | obj |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past · do-support | you | King | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | depart | infinitive | King not said here | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | Oliver | Roland and Denis St. | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to roland=Experiencer clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | answer speech: assert in a quote | past | Roland | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent roland=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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