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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, pillar, steel), 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:pg75339:41:50 # text = Thereat the giant, in great wrath, made at him with a falchion that he carried in his hand, but missing his stroke, he smote a pillar that stood hard by so sharply that the steel fixed itself in the stone. 1 Thereat thereat ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 wrath wrath NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 falchion falchion NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 23 missing miss VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 stroke stroke NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 smote smite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 pillar pillar NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 32 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 33 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 32 advmod _ _ 34 by by ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 so so ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 sharply sharply ADV RB _ 32 obl _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 steel steel NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 fixed fix VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 41 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 40 obj _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | participle | | great wrath *not said here* | | | | at Huon; with a falchion | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 2 | **carry** | past | Huon | a falchion *not said here* | | Huon's hand | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent falchion=Value in hand=Location | | 3 | **miss** | gerund | Huon *not said here* | Huon's stroke | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stroke=Stimulus | | 4 | **smite** | past | Huon | a pillar | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus pillar=Experiencer | | 5 | **stand** | past | a pillar | | | | | hard *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by sharply=Location | | 6 | **fix** | past | the steel | steel | | the stone | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent itself=Patient | | 8 | **stroke** | | Huon | | | | | | nom stroke «act transitive»: poss=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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/41/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/41/51/) - ↑ back to [How Huon, Having Slain a Giant, Came to Babylon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/41/)