--- title: Then he took his horse, which, indeed, could scarce stand for feeble… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: Then he took his horse, which, indeed, could scarce stand for feebleness, and all the folk that were left in the castle; and they entered the secret way that the old man showed them. Who acts: Reynaud, horse, things, secret way. 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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 (Reynaud, horse, things, secret way), 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:pg75339:11:117 # text = Then he took his horse, which, indeed, could scarce stand for feebleness, and all the folk that were left in the castle; and they entered the secret way that the old man showed them. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 7 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 scarce scarce ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 stand stand NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 feebleness feebleness NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 20 det:predet _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 21 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl:relcl _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 secret secret ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 34 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | Reynaud | | Reynaud's horse | | then | all folk *obl* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument horse=Destination | | 2 | **stand** | could | Reynaud's horse | | | | | for feebleness; indeed *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **leave** | past · passive | | all folk | | the castle | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in castle=Location | | 4 | **enter** | past | things *= thing* | the secret way | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme way=Destination | | 5 | **show** | past | the secret way | things *= thing* | | | | the old man *nsubj* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | 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 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/11/116/) - next →: [sentence 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/11/118/) - ↑ back to [Of What Befell At Montalban](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/11/)