Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, More Deeds of Mawgis, sentence 63
The next day the King said to his Barons: "Go now to Reynaud, and tell him that if he will give back to me my golden Eagle and my crown, and my sword Joyous, then I will grant him a truce for two years.
Who acts: King, my · What happens: say, go, tell, give back, grant, crown · To what, where: Barons, Reynaud, King, golden Eagle, truce, sword · 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, my), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 day | det |
| 2 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 day | amod |
| 3 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 said | obl:unmarked |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 King | det |
| 5 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 said | nsubj |
| 6 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 Barons | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 Barons | nmod:poss |
| 9 | Barons | baron | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 said | obl |
| 10 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 12 Go | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 Go | punct |
| 12 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 6 said | ccomp |
| 13 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 12 Go | advmod |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 Reynaud | case |
| 15 | Reynaud | Reynaud | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Go | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 tell | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 tell | cc |
| 18 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 Go | parataxis |
| 19 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 tell | iobj |
| 20 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 24 give | mark |
| 21 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 24 give | mark |
| 22 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 give | nsubj |
| 23 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 24 give | aux |
| 24 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 tell | conj |
| 25 | back | back | ADV | _ | 24 give | advmod |
| 26 | to | to | ADP | _ | 27 me | case |
| 27 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 24 give | obl |
| 28 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 Eagle | nmod:poss |
| 29 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 Eagle | amod |
| 30 | Eagle | Eagle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 give | iobj |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 crown | cc |
| 32 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 crown | nmod:poss |
| 33 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 Eagle | conj |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 Joyous | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 Joyous | cc |
| 36 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 sword | nmod:poss |
| 37 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 Joyous | nsubj |
| 38 | Joyous | joyous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 Go | conj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 grant | punct |
| 40 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 43 grant | advmod |
| 41 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 43 grant | nsubj |
| 42 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 43 grant | aux |
| 43 | grant | grant | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 Go | parataxis |
| 44 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 grant | obj |
| 45 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 46 truce | det |
| 46 | truce | truce | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 grant | obj |
| 47 | for | for | ADP | _ | 49 years | case |
| 48 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 49 years | nummod |
| 49 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 grant | obl |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the King | King's Barons | day | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to baron=Recipient clause=Topic | |||
| 2 | go in a quote | infinitive | Reynaud | now | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to reynaud=Initial_Location | ||||
| 3 | tell speech: assert in a quote | infinitive | King | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | |||||
| 4 | give back a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | future | King | my golden Eagle and my crown | me obl | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent eagle=Theme to i=Recipient | |||
| 5 | grant in a quote | future | the King = king | a truce | sword | then; year | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal truce=Theme | ||
| 6 | crown in a quote | my | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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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