--- title: Huon greeted the Provost, as he had greeted the man at the gate, and… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: Huon greeted the Provost, as he had greeted the man at the gate, and the Provost answered him in the same fashion: "Speak softly," he said, "for if the Duke should hear of this, you would be lost. Who acts: Huon, Provost, man, Duke. 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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, Provost, man, Duke), 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:pg75339:40:12 # text = Huon greeted the Provost, as he had greeted the man at the gate, and the Provost answered him in the same fashion: "Speak softly," he said, "for if the Duke should hear of this, you would be lost. 1 Huon Huon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 greeted greet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Provost Provost PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 as as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 greeted greet VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Provost Provost PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 fashion fashion NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 26 " " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 Speak speak VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 28 softly softly ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 34 " " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 for for SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 36 if if SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 Duke Duke PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 39 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 ccomp _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 45 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 aux:pass _ _ 47 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **greet** *speech: greet* | past | Huon | | the Provost | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **greet** *speech: greet* | past · perfect · passive | | man | the man | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the Provost | | man | the same fashion | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | softly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | man | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **hear** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | should | the Duke | | | | | of this | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of this=Stimulus | | 7 | **lose** *in a quote* | would · passive | | you | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/40/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/40/13/) - ↑ back to [Of the End of the False Duke Macaire](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/40/)