--- title: Also, when he was making his last expedition against the Danes, he s… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: Also, when he was making his last expedition against the Danes, he saw a great light, as it were a blazing torch, pass through a clear sky and fall to the ground; and the horse on which he was riding fell to the ground with great violence. Who acts: Huon, light, horse. 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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, light, horse), 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:pg75339:42:121 # text = Also, when he was making his last expedition against the Danes, he saw a great light, as it were a blazing torch, pass through a clear sky and fall to the ground; and the horse on which he was riding fell to the ground with great violence. 1 Also also ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 expedition expedition NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 against against ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Danes Dane PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 22 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 blazing blazing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 torch torch NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 pass pass VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 28 through through ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 41 on on ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 obl _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 riding ride VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 acl _ _ 46 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 50 with with ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 violence violence NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past · progressive | Huon | Huon's last expedition | | | | against the Danes | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent expedition=Product | | 2 | **see** | past | Huon | a great light | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer light=Stimulus | | 3 | **is a** | past | light | a blazing torch | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **pass** | present | | | | a clear sky | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through sky=Location | | 5 | **fall** | infinitive | | | | | | to the ground | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to ground=Theme | | 6 | **ride** | past · progressive | Huon | | | | | on the horse | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **fall** | past | the horse | | | | | to the ground; with great violence | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to ground=Theme | 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 120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/42/120/) - next →: [sentence 122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/42/122/) - ↑ back to [How Huon Returned, His Errand Fulfilled](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/42/)