Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, More Deeds of Mawgis, sentence 80

In the meanwhile a certain spy, having knowledge of the whole matter, made haste to tell it to the King, and this he did before that Ogier and the Duke were come to the camp.

Who acts: King · What happens: have, make, tell, do, come · To what, where: knowledge, King, this, meanwhile · 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 meanwhile	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 meanwhile	det
3	meanwhile	meanwhile	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 spy	det
5	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 spy	amod
6	spy	spy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 meanwhile	nmod:unmarked
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 having	punct
8	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 meanwhile	conj
9	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 having	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 matter	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 matter	det
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 matter	amod
13	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 knowledge	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 haste	punct
15	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 haste	amod
16	haste	haste	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 meanwhile	conj
17	to	to	PART	_	18 tell	mark
18	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 haste	acl
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 tell	obj
20	to	to	ADP	_	22 King	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 King	det
22	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 tell	obl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 come	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 come	cc
25	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	35 come	nsubj
26	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 did	nsubj
27	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 this	acl:relcl
28	before	before	ADP	_	30 Ogier	case
29	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	30 Ogier	det
30	Ogier	Ogier	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 did	obl
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 Duke	cc
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 Duke	det
33	Duke	Duke	PROPN	Number=Sing	30 Ogier	conj
34	were	be	AUX	Mood=Sub Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 come	aux:pass
35	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 meanwhile	parataxis
36	to	to	ADP	_	38 camp	case
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 camp	det
38	camp	camp	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 come	obl
39	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 meanwhile	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	have	gerund		knowledge of the whole matter				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knowledge=Patient
2	make	participle						vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
3	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive		knowledge	the King			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to king=Recipient
4	do	past	King			before that Ogier and the Duke		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	come	past · passive		this			to the camp	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=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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Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, More Deeds of Mawgis, sentence 80