--- title: The name of the Franks is related to the English word frank ('free')… — France · tree and pragmatics description: The name of the Franks is related to the English word frank ('free'): the latter stems from the Old French franc ('free, noble, sincere') and ultimately from the Medieval Latin word francus ('free, exempt from service; a freeman, a Frank'), a generalisation of the tribal name that emerged as a Late --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/France/32/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [wikipedia](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/) / [en](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/) / [France](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/France/) / 32 # France, sentence 32 From Wikipedia, [«France»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France), revision of the 2026-09-01 dump, [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). The trees and pragmatics of these pages, Mova's parse of that text, are CC BY-SA 4.0 too. The name of the Franks is related to the English word frank ('free'): the latter stems from the Old French franc ('free, noble, sincere') and ultimately from the Medieval Latin word francus ('free, exempt from service; a freeman, a Frank'), a generalisation of the tribal name that emerged as a Late Latin borrowing of the reconstructed Frankish endonym \*Frank. **Who acts:** name, tribal name · **What happens:** be, emerge, reconstruct, name, generalise · **To what, where:** Frank, Franks This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «France». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (name, tribal name), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. The article's note marks are left out of the parse. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = wikipedia:France:32 # text = The name of the Franks is related to the English word frank ('free'): the latter stems from the Old French franc ('free, noble, sincere') and ultimately from the Medieval Latin word francus ('free, exempt from service; a freeman, a Frank'), a generalisation of the tribal name that emerged as a Late Latin borrowing of the reconstructed Frankish endonym *Frank. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Franks frank NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 related related ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 English English ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 11 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 frank frank NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 13 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 : : PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 latter latter ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 stems stem NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 22 from from ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 24 Old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 25 French French ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 franc franc NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 27 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 noble noble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 sincere sincere ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 29 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 37 ultimately ultimately ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 38 from from ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 40 Medieval medieval ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 41 Latin Latin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 francus francus NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 44 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 48 exempt exempt ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 conj _ _ 49 from from ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ; ; PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 freeman freeman NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 Frank Frank PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ' 's PART POS _ 56 case _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 60 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 generalisation generalisation NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 62 of of ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 64 tribal tribal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 65 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nmod _ _ 66 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 67 nsubj _ _ 67 emerged emerge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 acl:relcl _ _ 68 as as ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 69 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 70 Late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 72 amod _ _ 71 Latin Latin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 72 amod _ _ 72 borrowing borrowing NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obl _ _ 73 of of ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 74 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 75 reconstructed reconstruct VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 77 amod _ _ 76 Frankish Frankish PROPN NNP Number=Sing 77 compound _ _ 77 endonym endonym NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 nmod _ _ 78 * * PUNCT NFP _ 79 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 79 Frank Frank PROPN NNP Number=Sing 67 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 80 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the name of the Franks | | | | | to the English word frank; the latter stems from the Old French franc and the word francus and a freeman and a generalisation of the tribal name *obl*; related *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **emerge** | past | the tribal name | Frank | | | | as a Late Latin borrowing of the reconstructed Frankish endonym | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **reconstruct** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **name** | | | the Franks | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 5 | **generalise** | | the tribal name | | | | | | nom generalisation «cognition intransitive»: of=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:** the English Wikipedia, «France», revision of the 2026-09-01 dump, CC BY-SA 4.0. **Tree:** Mova's own parse, CC BY-SA 4.0 as the text is. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the article read in order, CC BY-SA 4.0. - ← previous: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/France/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/France/33/) - ↑ back to [France](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/France/)