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# Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Huon Met With King Oberon, sentence 33

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Then Oberon in his anger blew again on his horn, and straightway there arose a great storm, so that they could scarcely win their way against it; after the storm there appeared a great river in their way, very black and deep, and rushing with a terrible noise; also on the other side of the river there appeared a very fair castle, which when they had looked on it awhile vanished out of their sight.

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**Who acts:** Oberon, straightway, Gerames, other side · **What happens:** blow, arise, win, appear, rush, look · **To what, where:** horn, great storm, way, great river, fair castle, straightway

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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 (Oberon, straightway, Gerames, other side), 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:pg75339:39:33
# text = Then Oberon in his anger blew again on his horn, and straightway there arose a great storm, so that they could scarcely win their way against it; after the storm there appeared a great river in their way, very black and deep, and rushing with a terrible noise; also on the other side of the river there appeared a very fair castle, which when they had looked on it awhile vanished out of their sight.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
2	Oberon	Oberon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	blew	blow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	again	again	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	horn	horn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	straightway	straightway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	15	advmod	_	_
15	arose	arise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
20	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	25	mark	_	_
21	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	20	fixed	_	_
22	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
23	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	_
24	scarcely	scarcely	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
25	win	win	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	advcl	_	_
26	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	_	_
27	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obj	_	_
28	against	against	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
31	after	after	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	_
34	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	35	advmod	_	_
35	appeared	appear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
36	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
37	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
38	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obj	_	_
39	in	in	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	41	nmod:poss	_	_
41	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
43	very	very	ADV	RB	_	44	advmod	_	_
44	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
46	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	44	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
48	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
49	rushing	rush	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
50	with	with	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
51	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
52	terrible	terrible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	53	amod	_	_
53	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	59	punct	_	_
55	also	also	ADV	RB	_	59	advmod	_	_
56	on	on	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
58	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	59	amod	_	_
59	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	nsubj	_	_
60	of	of	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
61	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
62	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	nmod	_	_
63	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	62	advmod	_	_
64	appeared	appear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
65	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	68	det	_	_
66	very	very	ADV	RB	_	67	advmod	_	_
67	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	68	amod	_	_
68	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	74	punct	_	_
70	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	74	nsubj:pass	_	_
71	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	74	advmod	_	_
72	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	74	nsubj	_	_
73	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	74	aux	_	_
74	looked	look	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	68	acl:relcl	_	_
75	on	on	ADP	IN	_	76	case	_	_
76	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	74	obl	_	_
77	awhile	awhile	ADV	RB	_	78	advmod	_	_
78	vanished	vanish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	74	advcl	_	_
79	out	out	ADP	IN	_	82	case	_	_
80	of	of	ADP	IN	_	82	case	_	_
81	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	82	nmod:poss	_	_
82	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	78	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
83	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | past | Oberon in Oberon's anger |  |  | Oberon's horn | then; again |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **arise** | past | straightway | a great storm |  | there |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location storm=Theme |
| 3 | **win** | could | Gerames *= gerame* | Gerames's way |  |  |  | against straightway; scarcely *property* | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Eventuality |
| 4 | **appear** | past | Oberon in Oberon's anger *not said here* | a great river |  | Gerames's way; there | after the storm |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location river=Theme |
| 5 | **rush** | gerund | Oberon in Oberon's anger *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with a terrible noise | vn rush-53.2 «NP V PP.eventuality»: agent=Agent with noise=Eventuality |
| 6 | **appear** | past | the other side of the river | a fair castle |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location castle=Theme |
| 7 | **look** | past · perfect · passive |  | a fair castle |  | straightway |  | Gerames *= gerame* *nsubj* | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute |
| 8 | **vanish** | past |  |  |  | Gerames's sight |  | awhile *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 9 | **anger** |  | Oberon |  |  |  |  |  | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |
| 10 | **sight** |  | Gerames *= gerame* |  |  |  |  |  | nom sight «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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