Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Huon Met With King Oberon, sentence 9
On their way they saw a hut, in the door of which sat an old man with a long white beard, who, when Huon saluted him in the name of God, first began to weep, and then caught Huon's hand, and kissed it many times. "'
Who acts: children, door, long white beard · What happens: see, sit, salute, begin, weep, catch · To what, where: hut, way, old man, man, name, hand
This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, How Huon Met With King Oberon. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (children, door, long white beard), 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On | on | ADP | _ | 3 way | case |
| 2 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 way | nmod:poss |
| 3 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 saw | obl |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 saw | nsubj |
| 5 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 hut | det |
| 7 | hut | hut | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 saw | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 door | punct |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 door | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 door | det |
| 11 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 saw | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 which | case |
| 13 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 sat | nsubj |
| 14 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 door | acl:relcl |
| 15 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 man | det |
| 16 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 man | amod |
| 17 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 sat | obj |
| 18 | with | with | ADP | _ | 22 beard | case |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 beard | det |
| 20 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 beard | amod |
| 21 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 beard | amod |
| 22 | beard | beard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 sat | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 saluted | punct |
| 24 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 28 saluted | nsubj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 saluted | punct |
| 26 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 28 saluted | advmod |
| 27 | Huon | Huon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 saluted | nsubj |
| 28 | saluted | salute | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 beard | conj |
| 29 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 saluted | obj |
| 30 | in | in | ADP | _ | 32 name | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 name | det |
| 32 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 saluted | obl |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 God | case |
| 34 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 name | nmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 began | punct |
| 36 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 37 began | advmod |
| 37 | began | begin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 saw | conj |
| 38 | to | to | PART | _ | 39 weep | mark |
| 39 | weep | weep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 37 began | xcomp |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 caught | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 caught | cc |
| 42 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 43 caught | advmod |
| 43 | caught | catch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 saw | conj |
| 44 | Huon | Huon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 hand | nmod:poss |
| 45 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 44 Huon | case |
| 46 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 caught | obj |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 kissed | punct |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 kissed | cc |
| 49 | kissed | kiss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 saw | parataxis |
| 50 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 kissed | obj |
| 51 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 times | amod |
| 52 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 kissed | obl:unmarked |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 49 kissed | punct |
| 54 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 49 kissed | punct |
| 55 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 49 kissed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | children = child | a hut | children's way | in the door | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hut=Stimulus | ||
| 2 | sit | past | the door | a old man | with a long white beard | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location man=Theme | |||
| 3 | salute | past | a long white beard | man | the name of God | Huon nsubj | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic | ||
| 4 | begin | past | children = child not said here | first property | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | ||||
| 5 | weep | to-infinitive | children = child not said here | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | catch | past | children = child not said here | Huon's hand | then | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme | |||
| 7 | kiss | past | hand | time | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Co-Agent | ||||
| 8 | name | God | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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.
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