--- title: But when the knights saw the River Flagot, how swiftly it ran and wi… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: But when the knights saw the River Flagot, how swiftly it ran and with how great a roaring, and the bridge how perilous it was to pass, and the gates how they were barred with iron, they were not a little troubled. Who acts: knights, Flagot, bridge, gates. 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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 (knights, Flagot, bridge, gates), 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:pg75339:25:2 # text = But when the knights saw the River Flagot, how swiftly it ran and with how great a roaring, and the bridge how perilous it was to pass, and the gates how they were barred with iron, they were not a little troubled. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 knights knight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 River River PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 Flagot Flagot PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 10 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 11 swiftly swiftly ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 17 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 roaring roaring NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 bridge bridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 24 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 25 advmod _ _ 25 perilous perilous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 parataxis _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 37 advmod _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 barred bar VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 42 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 obl:unmarked _ _ 46 troubled troubled ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the knights | the River Flagot | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer flagot=Stimulus | | 2 | **run** | past | Flagot | | | | | a great roaring *conj*; swiftly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | bridge | | | | | pass *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **bar** | past · passive | | the gates | | | | with iron | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **not** **is** | past | gates *= gate* | | | | | a little *obl:unmarked*; troubled *property* | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/25/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/25/3/) - ↑ back to [How the Bridge Mantryble Was Won](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/25/)