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title: On their way they saw a hut, in the door of which sat an old man wit… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics
description: On their way they saw a hut, in the door of which sat an old man with a long white beard, who, when Huon saluted him in the name of God, first began to weep, and then caught Huon's hand, and kissed it many times. "' Who acts: children, door, long white beard. A sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne an
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# Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Huon Met With King Oberon, sentence 9

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On their way they saw a hut, in the door of which sat an old man with a long white beard, who, when Huon saluted him in the name of God, first began to weep, and then caught Huon's hand, and kissed it many times. "'

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**Who acts:** children, door, long white beard · **What happens:** see, sit, salute, begin, weep, catch · **To what, where:** hut, way, old man, man, name, hand

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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 (children, door, long white beard), 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:pg75339:39:9
# text = On their way they saw a hut, in the door of which sat an old man with a long white beard, who, when Huon saluted him in the name of God, first began to weep, and then caught Huon's hand, and kissed it many times. "'
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hut	hut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
14	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
15	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
18	with	with	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
20	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
21	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	beard	beard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
24	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	28	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
26	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	28	advmod	_	_
27	Huon	Huon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	nsubj	_	_
28	saluted	salute	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	conj	_	_
29	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	obj	_	_
30	in	in	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
36	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	37	advmod	_	_
37	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
38	to	to	PART	TO	_	39	mark	_	_
39	weep	weep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	37	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
42	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	43	advmod	_	_
43	caught	catch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
44	Huon	Huon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	46	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	's	's	PART	POS	_	44	case	_	_
46	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
48	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
49	kissed	kiss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
50	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	49	obj	_	_
51	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	amod	_	_
52	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	49	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	49	punct	_	_
54	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	49	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	49	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | children *= child* | a hut |  | children's way |  | in the door | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hut=Stimulus |
| 2 | **sit** | past | the door | a old man |  |  |  | with a long white beard | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location man=Theme |
| 3 | **salute** | past | a long white beard | man |  | the name of God |  | Huon *nsubj* | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic |
| 4 | **begin** | past | children *= child* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 5 | **weep** | to-infinitive | children *= child* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **catch** | past | children *= child* *not said here* | Huon's hand |  |  | then |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme |
| 7 | **kiss** | past |  | hand |  |  | time |  | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Co-Agent |
| 8 | **name** |  |  | God |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication 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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