Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, More Deeds of Mawgis, sentence 81
When the King heard it, he said to Oliver: "Take with you two hundred knights, and ride with all haste to the river of Besançon, where, if you use diligence, you will find Reynaud and Alard.
Who acts: King, Oliver · What happens: hear, say, take, ride, use, find · To what, where: camp, Oliver, hundred knights, river, diligence, Reynaud · 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, 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 heard | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 King | det |
| 3 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 heard | nsubj |
| 4 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 said | advcl |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 heard | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 heard | punct |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 said | nsubj |
| 8 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 Oliver | case |
| 10 | Oliver | Oliver | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 said | obl |
| 11 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 13 Take | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 Take | punct |
| 13 | Take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 said | ccomp |
| 14 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 you | case |
| 15 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 13 Take | obl |
| 16 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 17 hundred | compound |
| 17 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 18 knights | nummod |
| 18 | knights | knight | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 Take | obj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 ride | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 ride | cc |
| 21 | ride | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 Take | conj |
| 22 | with | with | ADP | _ | 24 haste | case |
| 23 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 24 haste | det |
| 24 | haste | haste | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 ride | obl |
| 25 | to | to | ADP | _ | 27 river | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 river | det |
| 27 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 ride | obl |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 Besançon | case |
| 29 | Besançon | Besançon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 river | nmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 where | punct |
| 31 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 27 river | acl:relcl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 use | punct |
| 33 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 35 use | mark |
| 34 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 35 use | nsubj |
| 35 | use | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 Take | parataxis |
| 36 | diligence | diligence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 use | obj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 find | punct |
| 38 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 40 find | nsubj |
| 39 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 40 find | aux |
| 40 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 Take | conj |
| 41 | Reynaud | Reynaud | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 find | obj |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 Alard | cc |
| 43 | Alard | Alard | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 Reynaud | conj |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | past | the King | camp | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | King | Oliver | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to oliver=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | take in a quote | infinitive | hundred knights | with Oliver | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument knight=Destination | ||||
| 4 | ride in a quote | present | the river of Besançon | with all haste | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to river=Trajectory | ||||
| 5 | use a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | Oliver | diligence | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent diligence=Patient | ||||
| 6 | find in a quote | future | Oliver | Reynaud and Alard | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reynaud=Topic |
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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