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title: Let it suffice to say that he went to Rome and there received the bl… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics
description: Let it suffice to say that he went to Rome and there received the blessing of the Pope; and that he took ship at Brandys,[1] and, traversing the Inland Sea, so came to Holy Land, and, having landed at Jaffa, he came on the second day to Jerusalem. Who acts: you, Huon, need. A sentence of «Stories of
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# Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Huon Met With King Oberon, sentence 2

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Let it suffice to say that he went to Rome and there received the blessing of the Pope; and that he took ship at Brandys,\[1\] and, traversing the Inland Sea, so came to Holy Land, and, having landed at Jaffa, he came on the second day to Jerusalem.

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**Who acts:** you, Huon, need · **What happens:** let, suffice, say, go, receive, take · **To what, where:** Huon, Rome, blessing, ship, Brandys, Inland Sea · **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 Huon Met With King Oberon. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, Huon, need), 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:pg75339:39:2
# text = Let it suffice to say that he went to Rome and there received the blessing of the Pope; and that he took ship at Brandys,[1] and, traversing the Inland Sea, so came to Holy Land, and, having landed at Jaffa, he came on the second day to Jerusalem.
1	Let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	suffice	suffice	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Rome	Rome	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
13	received	receive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	blessing	blessing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	Pope	Pope	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
21	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
22	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
23	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
24	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	_
25	at	at	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	Brandys	Brandys	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	29	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	1	1	NUM	LS	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	23	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	29	punct	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
33	traversing	traverse	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	29	conj	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
35	Inland	Inland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	compound	_	_
36	Sea	Sea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
38	so	so	ADV	RB	_	39	advmod	_	_
39	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	conj	_	_
40	to	to	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	Holy	Holy	PROPN	NNP	_	42	compound	_	_
42	Land	Land	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
46	having	have	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	47	aux	_	_
47	landed	land	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	39	conj	_	_
48	at	at	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
49	Jaffa	Jaffa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
51	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	52	nsubj	_	_
52	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	conj	_	_
53	on	on	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
55	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	56	amod	_	_
56	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obl	_	_
57	to	to	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
58	Jerusalem	Jerusalem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	56	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | Huon |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **suffice** | infinitive | Huon *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | Huon *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **go** | past | need |  |  | Rome |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to rome=Initial\_Location |
| 5 | **receive** | past | need *not said here* | the blessing of the Pope |  | there |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blessing=Theme |
| 6 | **take** | past | need | ship |  | Brandys |  | 1 *obj* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument ship=Theme 1=Destination |
| 7 | **traverse** | gerund | need *not said here* | the Inland Sea |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sea=Co-Theme |
| 8 | **come** | past | need *not said here* |  |  | Holy Land |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to land=Initial\_Location |
| 9 | **land** | gerund · perfect | need *not said here* |  |  | Jaffa |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 10 | **come** | past | need |  |  |  | day |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 11 | **bless** |  |  | the Pope |  |  |  |  | nom blessing «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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