Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, More Deeds of Mawgis, sentence 86
Reynaud said to Oliver, "Remember you how I helped you at Vancouleurs when you were borne to the ground, giving you again your horse and helping you to mount." "
Who acts: Reynaud, Oliver · What happens: say, remember, help, bear, give, mount · To what, where: Oliver, Vancouleurs, horse · 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 (Reynaud, 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 | Reynaud | Reynaud | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 said | nsubj |
| 2 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 Oliver | case |
| 4 | Oliver | Oliver | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 said | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Remember | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 Remember | punct |
| 7 | Remember | remember | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 said | conj |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 Remember | obj |
| 9 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 11 helped | advmod |
| 10 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 helped | nsubj |
| 11 | helped | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 Remember | ccomp |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 helped | obj |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 Vancouleurs | case |
| 14 | Vancouleurs | Vancouleur | PROPN | Number=Plur | 11 helped | obl |
| 15 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 18 borne | advmod |
| 16 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 18 borne | nsubj |
| 17 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 borne | aux:pass |
| 18 | borne | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 Remember | ccomp |
| 19 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 ground | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 ground | det |
| 21 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 borne | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 giving | punct |
| 23 | giving | give | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 Remember | advcl |
| 24 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 23 giving | iobj |
| 25 | again | again | ADV | _ | 23 giving | advmod |
| 26 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 horse | nmod:poss |
| 27 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 giving | obj |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 helping | cc |
| 29 | helping | help | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 23 giving | conj |
| 30 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 29 helping | obj |
| 31 | to | to | PART | _ | 32 mount | mark |
| 32 | mount | mount | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 helping | xcomp |
| 33 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 32 mount | punct |
| 34 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 32 mount | punct |
| 35 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 29 helping | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Reynaud | Oliver | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to oliver=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | remember in a quote | infinitive | Reynaud not said here | Oliver | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | help in a quote | past | Reynaud | Oliver | Vancouleurs | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary | |||
| 4 | bear in a quote | past · passive | Oliver | to the ground | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 5 | give in a quote | gerund | Reynaud not said here | your horse | Oliver | again | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient horse=Theme | ||
| 6 | help in a quote | gerund | Reynaud not said here | Oliver | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary clause=Theme | ||||
| 7 | mount in a quote | to-infinitive | Oliver not said here | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=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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