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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 (Esclairmonde, 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:pg75339:41:120 # text = She said to Huon, "Fair sir, I am Esclairmonde, and am daughter to the Admiral, and I saw you when you were brought before my father, and also when you fought against his men, and knew you to be a fair knight and a gallant. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Huon Huon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 sir sir NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 Esclairmonde Esclairmonde PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Admiral admiral NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 ccomp _ _ 29 before before ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 also also ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 35 when when SCONJ WRB _ 37 mark _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 fought fight VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 38 against against ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 46 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 49 cop _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 ccomp _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 gallant gallant NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Esclairmonde | | Huon and Esclairmonde and daughter | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to huon=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Esclairmonde | Esclairmonde | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Esclairmonde *not said here* | daughter | | | | to the Admiral | tree rules | | 4 | **see** *in a quote* | past | Esclairmonde | Huon and Esclairmonde and daughter *= huon* | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **bring** *in a quote* | past · passive | | Huon and Esclairmonde and daughter *= huon* | | | before my father | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme before father=Destination | | 6 | **fight** *in a quote* | past | Huon and Esclairmonde and daughter *= huon* | | | | | against Huon's men | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **know** *in a quote* | past | | Huon and Esclairmonde and daughter *= huon* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | | 8 | **is a** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | a fair knight and a gallant | | | | a gallant *conj* | tree rules | 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 119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/41/119/) - next →: [sentence 121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/41/121/) - ↑ back to [How Huon, Having Slain a Giant, Came to Babylon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/41/)