--- title: So Lucifer went, and when he came to the chamber where Floripas was… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: So Lucifer went, and when he came to the chamber where Floripas was he did not seek to have the door opened to him, but smote it so stoutly with his foot that he brake down the bolts and bars. Who acts: Lucifer, Floripas, door. 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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 (Lucifer, Floripas, door), 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:pg75339:22:10 # text = So Lucifer went, and when he came to the chamber where Floripas was he did not seek to have the door opened to him, but smote it so stoutly with his foot that he brake down the bolts and bars. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 Lucifer Lucifer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 18 advmod _ _ 13 Floripas Floripas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 acl:relcl _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 ccomp _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 smote smite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 so so ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 stoutly stoutly ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 brake break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 38 down down ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 bolts bolt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 bars bar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Lucifer | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **come** | past | Lucifer | | | the chamber | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to chamber=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **not** **is** | past · do-support | Floripas | | | | | Lucifer *nsubj*; seek *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **have** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Floripas *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **open** | past | the door | | Lucifer | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 6 | **smite** | past | Lucifer *not said here* | door | | | | with Lucifer's foot; stoutly *property* | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with foot=Instrument | | 7 | **break down** | infinitive | Lucifer | the bolts and bars | | | | | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bolt=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. - ← previous: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/22/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/22/11/) - ↑ back to [Of the Doings of the French Knights](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/22/)