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title: Also the palace in which he dwelt at Aachen was shaken by earthquake… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics
description: Also the palace in which he dwelt at Aachen was shaken by earthquakes, and in the Church which he himself had founded there happened this portent, that the word PRINCEPS, in the inscription which recorded this his munificence, so faded away that it could no longer be read. Who acts: Huon, earthquake
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# Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Huon Returned, His Errand Fulfilled, sentence 122

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Also the palace in which he dwelt at Aachen was shaken by earthquakes, and in the Church which he himself had founded there happened this portent, that the word PRINCEPS, in the inscription which recorded this his munificence, so faded away that it could no longer be read.

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**Who acts:** Huon, earthquakes, inscription · **What happens:** dwell, shake, found, happen, record, fade away · **To what, where:** palace, Church, portent, munificence

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This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, How Huon Returned, His Errand Fulfilled. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Huon, earthquakes, inscription), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg75339:42:122
# text = Also the palace in which he dwelt at Aachen was shaken by earthquakes, and in the Church which he himself had founded there happened this portent, that the word PRINCEPS, in the inscription which recorded this his munificence, so faded away that it could no longer be read.
1	Also	also	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obl	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	dwelt	dwell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Aachen	Aachen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	shaken	shake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	earthquakes	earthquake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	Church	Church	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
19	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	23	nsubj:pass	_	_
20	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj:pass	_	_
21	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes	20	nmod:unmarked	_	_
22	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
23	founded	found	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	25	nsubj	_	_
24	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	23	advmod	_	_
25	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
26	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	27	det	_	_
27	portent	portent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
29	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	31	mark	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
32	PRINCEPS	PRINCEPS	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
34	in	in	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	inscription	inscription	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	appos	_	_
37	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	38	nsubj	_	_
38	recorded	record	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	acl:relcl	_	_
39	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	41	det	_	_
40	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	41	nmod:poss	_	_
41	munificence	munificence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
43	so	so	ADV	RB	_	44	advmod	_	_
44	faded	fade	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	36	parataxis	_	_
45	away	away	ADV	RB	_	44	advmod	_	_
46	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	52	mark	_	_
47	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	52	nsubj:pass	_	_
48	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	52	aux	_	_
49	no	no	ADV	RB	_	50	advmod	_	_
50	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	52	advmod	_	_
51	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	52	aux:pass	_	_
52	read	read	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	44	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dwell** | past | Huon |  |  | the palace |  | at Aachen | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Location |
| 2 | **shake** | past · passive | earthquakes | the palace |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
| 3 | **found** | past · perfect · passive |  |  |  | the Church; there |  | which *nsubj:pass*; Huon *nsubj:pass* | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 4 | **happen** | past |  | this portent |  |  |  | the word *obl* | tree rules |
| 5 | **record** | past | the inscription | Huon's munificence |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent munificence=Theme |
| 6 | **fade away** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 7 | **read** | could · passive |  | palace |  |  |  | long *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

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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.

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**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.

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