--- title: Then said Huon to the King, "Believe me, Sire, that I knew not this… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: Then said Huon to the King, "Believe me, Sire, that I knew not this knight to be your son; verily, had I known it I should not have come to make my complaint to you as I have done this day. Who acts: Huon, my. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Huon, my), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg75339:38:74 # text = Then said Huon to the King, "Believe me, Sire, that I knew not this knight to be your son; verily, had I known it I should not have come to make my complaint to you as I have done this day. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Huon Huon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 10 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 Sire Sire PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 18 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 det _ _ 19 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 cop _ _ 22 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 25 verily verily ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 32 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 34 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 aux _ _ 35 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 parataxis _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 38 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 complaint complaint NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ _ 42 as as SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 46 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 47 det _ _ 47 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Huon | | the King | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to king=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **believe** *in a quote* | infinitive | | Huon | | | | Sire *obl* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 3 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | past | Huon | this knight | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer knight=Stimulus | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | your son | | | | your *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 5 | **know** *in a quote* | past · perfect | Huon | deed | | | | verily *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 6 | **not** **come** *in a quote* | should · perfect | Huon | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **make** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Huon *not said here* | my complaint | the King *= king* | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset complaint=Product | | 8 | **do** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Huon | | | | day | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **complain** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom complaint «state intransitive»: poss=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:** «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. - ← previous: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/38/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/38/75/) - ↑ back to [How King Charles Sent Huon on an Errand](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/38/)