--- title: Then Floripas took the keys, and took the French Knights to a place… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: Then Floripas took the keys, and took the French Knights to a place that was under the castle, where the gods were set in great state, Apollo, to wit, and Mahomet, and Termagaunt, and Jupiter, and others with them. Who acts: Floripas, place. 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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 (Floripas, place), 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:pg75339:22:78 # text = Then Floripas took the keys, and took the French Knights to a place that was under the castle, where the gods were set in great state, Apollo, to wit, and Mahomet, and Termagaunt, and Jupiter, and others with them. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 Floripas Floripas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 keys key NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 French French ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 Knights Knight PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 15 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 17 under under ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 25 advmod _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 conj _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 Apollo Apollo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 wit wit VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 Mahomet Mahomet PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 Termagaunt Termagaunt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 Jupiter Jupiter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 46 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | Floripas | the keys | | | then | Mahomet *obl*; Termagaunt *obl*; Jupiter *obl*; others with others *obl* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent key=Theme | | 2 | **take** | past | Floripas *not said here* | the French Knights | | a place | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent knight=Theme to place=Destination | | 3 | **is** | past | a place | | | the castle | | | tree rules | | 4 | **set** | past · passive | | the gods | | great state | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in state=Destination | | 5 | **wit** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | 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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/22/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/22/79/) - ↑ back to [Of the Doings of the French Knights](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/22/)