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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, thou, I), 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:pg75339:41:35 # text = When Huon was come to the fourth chamber, he saw the giant, a most monstrous creature to behold, asleep on a bed, and cried aloud, "Rise up, thou heathen dog, or I will strike off thy head!" 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 Huon Huon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 parataxis _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 fourth fourth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 8 amod _ _ 8 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 17 advmod _ _ 17 monstrous monstrous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 behold behold INTJ UH _ 18 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 acl:relcl _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 29 aloud aloud ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 " " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 Rise rise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 33 up up ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 nsubj _ _ 36 heathen heathen ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 or or CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 strike strike VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 43 off off ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ _ 44 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ! ! PUNCT . _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 " " PUNCT '' _ 42 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past · passive | | Huon | | | | to the fourth chamber | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **see** | past | Huon | the giant | | | | a monstrous creature *obl* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer giant=Stimulus | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | | | | | | aloud *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **rise up** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **dog** *in a quote* | | thou | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **strike off** *in a quote* | future | I | thy head | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient | 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/41/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/41/36/) - ↑ back to [How Huon, Having Slain a Giant, Came to Babylon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/41/)