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title: That is ill hearing," said the giant; "nevertheless I am thankful to… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics
description: That is ill hearing," said the giant; "nevertheless I am thankful to Mahomet that he gives me occasion to revenge my brother's death; yet, for I see that you are a brave man, if you will worship Mahomet, I will give you my sister in marriage--and she is a foot higher than I and black as a coal--and 
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# Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Huon Returned, His Errand Fulfilled, sentence 76

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That is ill hearing," said the giant; "nevertheless I am thankful to Mahomet that he gives me occasion to revenge my brother's death; yet, for I see that you are a brave man, if you will worship Mahomet, I will give you my sister in marriage--and she is a foot higher than I and black as a coal--and the half of my lands."

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**Who acts:** That, I, Huon, you, Mahomet, brother · **What happens:** be, say, give, see, worship, die · **To what, where:** ill hearing, giant, occasion, me, brave man, Mahomet · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (That, I, Huon, you), 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:pg75339:42:76
# text = That is ill hearing," said the giant; "nevertheless I am thankful to Mahomet that he gives me occasion to revenge my brother's death; yet, for I see that you are a brave man, if you will worship Mahomet, I will give you my sister in marriage--and she is a foot higher than I and black as a coal--and the half of my lands."
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	hearing	hearing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
7	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	nevertheless	nevertheless	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
13	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
14	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	thankful	thankful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	parataxis	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	Mahomet	mahomet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
18	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
19	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	advcl	_	_
21	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	20	iobj	_	_
22	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
23	to	to	PART	TO	_	24	mark	_	_
24	revenge	revenge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	acl	_	_
25	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	's	's	PART	POS	_	26	case	_	_
28	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	34	punct	_	_
30	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	34	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
32	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	34	mark	_	_
33	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	34	nsubj	_	_
34	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
35	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	40	mark	_	_
36	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	40	nsubj	_	_
37	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	40	cop	_	_
38	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
39	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
40	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
42	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	45	mark	_	_
43	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	45	nsubj	_	_
44	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	45	aux	_	_
45	worship	worship	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	advcl	_	_
46	Mahomet	Mahomet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	45	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
48	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	50	nsubj	_	_
49	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	50	aux	_	_
50	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	conj	_	_
51	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	50	iobj	_	_
52	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	53	nmod:poss	_	_
53	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	iobj	_	_
54	in	in	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
55	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	61	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	61	cc	_	_
58	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	61	nsubj	_	_
59	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	61	cop	_	_
60	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	61	det	_	_
61	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
62	higher	high	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	61	amod	_	_
63	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	66	mark	_	_
64	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	66	nsubj	_	_
65	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	66	cc	_	_
66	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	62	advcl	_	_
67	as	as	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
68	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	69	det	_	_
69	coal	coal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	66	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	73	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
71	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	73	cc	_	_
72	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	73	det	_	_
73	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	7	parataxis	_	_
74	of	of	ADP	IN	_	76	case	_	_
75	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	76	nmod:poss	_	_
76	lands	land	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	73	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
77	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	73	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
78	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	73	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | That | ill hearing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past |  | the giant |  |  |  | the half of my lands *parataxis* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | I |  |  |  |  | to Mahomet; nevertheless, thankful *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **give** | present | Huon | occasion  revenge | me |  |  | my brother's death *obj* | tree rules |
| 5 | **see** | present | I |  |  |  | yet |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 6 | **is a** | present | you | a brave man |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **worship** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | you | Mahomet |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mahomet=Stimulus |
| 8 | **give** | future | I |  | my sister | marriage |  | you *iobj* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient sister=Theme |
| 9 | **is a** | present | Mahomet | a foot |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 10 | **die** |  | my brother |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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