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# Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Huon, Having Slain a Giant, Came to Babylon, sentence 114

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Now it so chanced that when Huon was brought before the Admiral, the Admiral's fair daughter, Esclairmonde by name, was standing behind a curtain, where she could hear all the words that were said and could also see what was done, being herself unseen.

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**Who acts:** dungeon, Esclairmonde · **What happens:** chance, bring, stand, hear, say, see · **To what, where:** Huon, Admiral, curtain, words, Esclairmonde · **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, Having Slain a Giant, Came to Babylon. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (dungeon, Esclairmonde), 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:pg75339:41:114
# text = Now it so chanced that when Huon was brought before the Admiral, the Admiral's fair daughter, Esclairmonde by name, was standing behind a curtain, where she could hear all the words that were said and could also see what was done, being herself unseen.
1	Now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	chanced	chance	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
7	Huon	Huon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	ccomp	_	_
10	before	before	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Admiral	admiral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Admiral	Admiral	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	Esclairmonde	Esclairmonde	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	_
21	by	by	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
24	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	_
25	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
26	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	curtain	curtain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
30	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	33	advmod	_	_
31	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	nsubj	_	_
32	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	33	aux	_	_
33	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	conj	_	_
34	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	36	det:predet	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	obj	_	_
37	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	39	nsubj:pass	_	_
38	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	39	aux:pass	_	_
39	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	36	acl:relcl	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
41	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	43	aux	_	_
42	also	also	ADV	RB	_	43	advmod	_	_
43	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	39	conj	_	_
44	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	46	nsubj	_	_
45	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	46	cop	_	_
46	done	done	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
48	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	49	cop	_	_
49	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	25	obl	_	_
50	unseen	unseen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	49	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chance** | past | dungeon |  |  |  | now |  | vn risk-94-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **bring** | past · passive |  | Huon |  | the Admiral and the Admiral's fair daughter |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme before admiral=Destination |
| 3 | **stand** | past · progressive | dungeon *not said here* |  |  | a curtain |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind curtain=Location |
| 4 | **hear** | could | Esclairmonde | all words |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus |
| 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · passive |  | all words |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |
| 6 | **see** | could |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 7 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | what *nsubj*; done *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **is a** | gerund |  | Esclairmonde |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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