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title: The Frenchmen rode in good order towards the place where, the gallow… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics
description: The Frenchmen rode in good order towards the place where, the gallows-tree was set up, the Saracens being busied with Guy whom they had now brought thereto, with the rope round his neck. Who acts: Frenchmen. A sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church,
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# Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of Guy of Burgundy, sentence 56

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The Frenchmen rode in good order towards the place where, the gallows-tree was set up, the Saracens being busied with Guy whom they had now brought thereto, with the rope round his neck.

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**Who acts:** Frenchmen · **What happens:** ride, set up, busy, bring · **To what, where:** good order, tree, Saracens, Frenchmen

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This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, Of Guy of Burgundy. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Frenchmen), 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:pg75339:23:56
# text = The Frenchmen rode in good order towards the place where, the gallows-tree was set up, the Saracens being busied with Guy whom they had now brought thereto, with the rope round his neck.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Frenchmen	Frenchman	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	rode	ride	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	gallows	gallows	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj:pass	_	_
16	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux:pass	_	_
17	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
18	up	up	ADP	RP	_	17	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	Saracens	Saracen	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	23	nsubj	_	_
22	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	23	aux:pass	_	_
23	busied	busy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
24	with	with	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	Guy	guy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
26	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	30	obl	_	_
27	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj:pass	_	_
28	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	30	aux	_	_
29	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	30	advmod	_	_
30	brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	25	acl:relcl	_	_
31	thereto	thereto	ADV	RB	_	30	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
33	with	with	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
36	round	round	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	38	nmod:poss	_	_
38	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | past | the Frenchmen |  |  | good order |  | towards the place | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent towards place=Trajectory |
| 2 | **set up** | past · passive |  | the gallows's tree |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result |
| 3 | **busy** | gerund · passive |  | the Saracens |  |  |  | with Guy; with the rope round Saracen's neck | tree rules |
| 4 | **bring** | past · perfect · passive |  | Frenchmen *= frenchman* |  |  | now | Guy *obl*; thereto *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: subject=Theme |

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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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