--- title: Then your son full courteously required his own again, and Huon for… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: Then your son full courteously required his own again, and Huon for answer drew his sword and slew your son, which when he had done he rode away so fast that we could not overtake him; and now I challenge him to say that he knew not the knight that demanded the hawk to be your son." 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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 (answer, we, I, knight), 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:pg75339:38:81 # text = Then your son full courteously required his own again, and Huon for answer drew his sword and slew your son, which when he had done he rode away so fast that we could not overtake him; and now I challenge him to say that he knew not the knight that demanded the hawk to be your son." 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 5 courteously courteously ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 required require VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 obj _ _ 9 again again ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 Huon Huon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 13 for for SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 slew slay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 20 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 obj _ _ 24 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 acl:relcl _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 ccomp _ _ 30 away away ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 so so ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 29 advmod _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 34 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 overtake overtake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 43 advmod _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 challenge challenge VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 advcl _ _ 47 that that SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 ccomp _ _ 50 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 49 advmod _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 53 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 54 nsubj _ _ 54 demanded demand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 acl:relcl _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 hawk hawk NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 57 to to PART TO _ 60 mark _ _ 58 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 60 cop _ _ 59 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nmod:poss _ _ 60 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **require** | past | | your son | | | then; again | Huon *obl*; courteously *property* | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme own=Precondition | | 2 | **draw** | past | answer | Sir's sword | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | | 3 | **slay** | past | answer *not said here* | your son | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient | | 4 | **do** | past · perfect | answer | your son | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **ride away** | past | answer | | | | | away, fast *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **overtake** | could | we | answer | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **challenge** | present | I | answer | | | now | | tree rules | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **not** **know** | past | answer | the knight | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer knight=Stimulus | | 10 | **demand** *speech: request* | past | the knight | the hawk | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hawk=Precondition | | 11 | **is a** | to-infinitive | the knight *not said here* | your son | | | | your *nmod:poss* | tree rules | 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/38/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/38/82/) - ↑ back to [How King Charles Sent Huon on an Errand](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/38/)