--- title: And when they were come to the city, it being the third day from the… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: And when they were come to the city, it being the third day from the issuing of the King's command, they saluted the great image of Mahomet, the false prophet that stood on the topmost tower. Who acts: city, chiefs, false prophet, King. 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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 (city, chiefs, false prophet, King), 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:pg75339:29:62 # text = And when they were come to the city, it being the third day from the issuing of the King's command, they saluted the great image of Mahomet, the false prophet that stood on the topmost tower. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 11 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 cop _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 14 amod _ _ 14 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 15 from from ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 issuing issuing NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 21 's 's PART POS _ 20 case _ _ 22 command command NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 saluted salute VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 image image NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 Mahomet Mahomet PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 false false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 prophet prophet NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 appos _ _ 35 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 37 on on ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 topmost topmost ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past · passive | | chiefs *= chief* | | | | to the city | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | gerund | city | the third day | | the issuing of the King's command | | | tree rules | | 3 | **salute** | past | chiefs *= chief* | the great image of Mahomet | | | | | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent image=Topic | | 4 | **stand** | past | the false prophet | | | the topmost tower | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on tower=Location | | 5 | **issue** | | | the King's command | | | | | nom issuing «act transitive»: of=patient | | 6 | **command** | | the King | | | | | | nom command «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **image** | | | Mahomet | | | | | nom image «cognition transitive»: of=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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/29/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/29/63/) - ↑ back to [Of the Plot Against Roland](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/29/)