Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, More Deeds of Mawgis, sentence 93
You waste your breath," he said, "I will do the thing that I choose, though you all shall say me nay;" and turning to Reynaud he said, "You shall not cheat me as did that false thief Mawgis, for I will cut you into pieces and burn the pieces with fire." "
Who acts: You, Naymes, I · What happens: waste, say, do, choose, turn, not cheat · To what, where: breath, thing, me, Reynaud, false thief, you · 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 (You, Naymes, I), 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 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 waste | nsubj |
| 2 | waste | waste | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 breath | nmod:poss |
| 4 | breath | breath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 waste | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 said | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 said | 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 | 2 waste | parataxis |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 do | punct |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 do | punct |
| 11 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 do | nsubj |
| 12 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 do | aux |
| 13 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 said | ccomp |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 thing | det |
| 15 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 do | obj |
| 16 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 choose | obj |
| 17 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 18 choose | nsubj |
| 18 | choose | choose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 thing | acl:relcl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 say | punct |
| 20 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 24 say | mark |
| 21 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 24 say | nsubj |
| 22 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 21 you | nmod:unmarked |
| 23 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 24 say | aux |
| 24 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 do | conj |
| 25 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 24 say | obj |
| 26 | nay | nay | INTJ | _ | 24 say | obj |
| 27 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 2 waste | punct |
| 28 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 waste | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 said | cc |
| 30 | turning | turn | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 34 said | csubj |
| 31 | to | to | ADP | _ | 32 Reynaud | case |
| 32 | Reynaud | Reynaud | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 turning | obl |
| 33 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 said | nsubj |
| 34 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 waste | conj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 cheat | punct |
| 36 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 40 cheat | punct |
| 37 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 40 cheat | nsubj |
| 38 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 40 cheat | aux |
| 39 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 40 cheat | advmod |
| 40 | cheat | cheat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 said | ccomp |
| 41 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 40 cheat | obj |
| 42 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 43 did | mark |
| 43 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 cheat | advcl |
| 44 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 46 thief | det |
| 45 | false | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 thief | amod |
| 46 | thief | thief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 did | obj |
| 47 | Mawgis | Mawgis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 thief | appos |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 cut | punct |
| 49 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 52 cut | mark |
| 50 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 52 cut | nsubj |
| 51 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 52 cut | aux |
| 52 | cut | cut | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 40 cheat | parataxis |
| 53 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 52 cut | obj |
| 54 | into | into | ADP | _ | 55 pieces | case |
| 55 | pieces | piece | NOUN | Number=Plur | 52 cut | obl |
| 56 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 57 burn | cc |
| 57 | burn | burn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 52 cut | conj |
| 58 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 59 pieces | det |
| 59 | pieces | piece | NOUN | Number=Plur | 57 burn | obj |
| 60 | with | with | ADP | _ | 61 fire | case |
| 61 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 burn | obl |
| 62 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 40 cheat | punct |
| 63 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 40 cheat | punct |
| 64 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 waste | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | waste | present | You | your breath | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent breath=Asset clause=Goal | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | Naymes | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | do | future | I | the thing | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality | ||||
| 4 | choose | present | I | the thing | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme | ||||
| 5 | say speech: assert | shall | you | me | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme nay=Manner | ||||
| 6 | turn in a quote | gerund | Reynaud | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to reynaud=Result | |||||
| 7 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | Naymes | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 8 | not cheat | shall | You | me | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Source | ||||
| 9 | do | past | You not said here | that false thief | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thief=Eventuality | ||||
| 10 | cut | future | I | you | pieces | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent you=Material into piece=Product | |||
| 11 | burn | present | I not said here | the pieces | with fire | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent piece=Patient with fire=Instrument |
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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