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title: I persuaded my father, for a reason that I had, that this Huon is de… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics
description: I persuaded my father, for a reason that I had, that this Huon is dead of hunger, but in truth he is alive, and, indeed, is as well served with meat and drink as is my father himself." Who acts: I, Huon. A sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, How
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# Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Huon Returned, His Errand Fulfilled, sentence 32

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I persuaded my father, for a reason that I had, that this Huon is dead of hunger, but in truth he is alive, and, indeed, is as well served with meat and drink as is my father himself."

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**Who acts:** I, Huon · **What happens:** persuade, have, be, serve · **To what, where:** father, reason, truth

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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 (I, Huon), 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:pg75339:42:32
# text = I persuaded my father, for a reason that I had, that this Huon is dead of hunger, but in truth he is alive, and, indeed, is as well served with meat and drink as is my father himself."
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	persuaded	persuade	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obj	_	_
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
14	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	det	_	_
15	Huon	Huon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	conj	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	hunger	hunger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
21	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
22	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	_
24	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
25	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	cop	_	_
26	alive	alive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
30	indeed	indeed	ADV	RB	_	35	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
32	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	35	aux:pass	_	_
33	as	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=CCONJ	35	cc	_	_
34	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	33	fixed	_	_
35	served	serve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
36	with	with	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
39	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	conj	_	_
40	as	as	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
41	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	43	cop	_	_
42	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	43	nmod:poss	_	_
43	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	_
44	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes	43	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **persuade** | past | I | my father |  |  |  | a reason *parataxis* | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Patient |
| 2 | **have** | past | I | a reason |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient |
| 3 | **is** | present | this Huon |  |  |  |  | of hunger; dead *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** | present | Huon |  |  | truth |  | alive *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **serve** | present · passive | I *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with meat and drink; indeed *property* | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: with meat=Theme |
| 6 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | as my father; Huon *nmod:unmarked*; my *nmod:poss* | tree rules |

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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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