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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), 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:pg75339:41:115 # text = This maiden, beholding Huon, and seeing how fair a knight he was, and how boldly he bare himself both in the fight and when he was brought before her father, conceived for him in her heart no small love. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 nsubj _ _ 2 maiden maiden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 beholding behold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 5 Huon Huon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 9 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 10 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 18 boldly boldly ADV RB Degree=Pos 20 advmod _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 bare bare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 21 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 20 obj _ _ 22 both both ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 fight fight NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 conj _ _ 31 before before ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 conceived conceive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 41 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 43 det _ _ 42 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **behold** | gerund | | Huon | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer huon=Stimulus | | 2 | **see** | gerund | | a fair knight | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer knight=Stimulus | | 3 | **bare** | past | Huon | Huon | | | | in the fight; boldly, both *property* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent himself=Patient in fight=Topic | | 4 | **bring** | past · passive | | Huon | | | before Esclairmonde's father | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme before father=Destination | | 5 | **conceive** | participle | | Esclairmonde's father *not said here* | | Esclairmonde's heart no small love | | for Huon | vn characterize-29.2-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | 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 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/41/114/) - next →: [sentence 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/41/116/) - ↑ back to [How Huon, Having Slain a Giant, Came to Babylon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/41/)