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description: Then Huon said to his brother, "Go now and see what this knight demands; if he ask for toll, being master of the way, we will pay it." Who acts: Huon, knight, we. A sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, How King Charles Sent Huon on an Errand, wit
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# Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How King Charles Sent Huon on an Errand, sentence 29

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Then Huon said to his brother, "Go now and see what this knight demands; if he ask for toll, being master of the way, we will pay it."

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**Who acts:** Huon, knight, we · **What happens:** say, go, see, demand, ask, be · **To what, where:** brother, master, way · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, How King Charles Sent Huon on an Errand. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Huon, knight, we), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg75339:38:29
# text = Then Huon said to his brother, "Go now and see what this knight demands; if he ask for toll, being master of the way, we will pay it."
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
2	Huon	Huon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
10	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	see	see	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
13	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	16	obj	_	_
14	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	det	_	_
15	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	demands	demand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	32	punct	_	_
18	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
19	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	ask	ask	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	32	advcl	_	_
21	for	for	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	toll	toll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
24	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	25	cop	_	_
25	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
30	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
31	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	32	aux	_	_
32	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
33	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	32	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	32	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Huon |  | two's brother |  | then |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to brother=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  | now |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **see** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 4 | **demand** *speech: request* *in a quote* | present | this knight |  |  |  |  | what *obj* | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme what=Precondition |
| 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | knight |  |  |  |  | for toll | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | gerund | knight *not said here* | master |  |  |  | of the way | tree rules |
| 7 | **pay** *in a quote* | future | we | way |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Asset |

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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.

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**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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