Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, More Deeds of Mawgis, sentence 68
Richard went to the gate and saluted them courteously, and brought them into the castle, where they were honourably received by Reynaud and the Lady Clare, Alard also and Guichard helping.
Who acts: Richard, Reynaud, Guichard · What happens: go, salute, bring, receive, help · To what, where: gate, Barons, castle
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 (Richard, Reynaud, Guichard), 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 | Richard | Richard | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 went | nsubj |
| 2 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 gate | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 gate | det |
| 5 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 went | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 saluted | cc |
| 7 | saluted | salute | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 went | conj |
| 8 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 saluted | obj |
| 9 | courteously | courteously | ADV | _ | 7 saluted | advmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 brought | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 brought | cc |
| 12 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 went | conj |
| 13 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 brought | obj |
| 14 | into | into | ADP | _ | 16 castle | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 castle | det |
| 16 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 brought | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 received | punct |
| 18 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 22 received | advmod |
| 19 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 received | nsubj |
| 20 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 received | aux:pass |
| 21 | honourably | honourably | ADV | _ | 22 received | advmod |
| 22 | received | receive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 brought | parataxis |
| 23 | by | by | ADP | _ | 24 Reynaud | case |
| 24 | Reynaud | Reynaud | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 received | obl |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 Lady | cc |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 Lady | det |
| 27 | Lady | Lady | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 Reynaud | conj |
| 28 | Clare | Clare | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 Reynaud | flat |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 Alard | punct |
| 30 | Alard | Alard | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 Reynaud | conj |
| 31 | also | also | ADV | _ | 33 Guichard | advmod |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 Guichard | cc |
| 33 | Guichard | Guichard | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 received | obl |
| 34 | helping | help | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 33 Guichard | acl |
| 35 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | Richard | the gate | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to gate=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | salute | past | Richard not said here | Barons = baron | courteously property | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic | |||
| 3 | bring | past | Richard not said here | Barons = baron | the castle | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme into castle=Destination | |||
| 4 | receive | past · passive | Reynaud and the Lady and Alard | Barons = baron | Guichard obl; honourably property | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | |||
| 5 | help | gerund | Guichard not said here | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=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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