--- title: Then the King set guards at each of the three gates of the castle, a… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: Then the King set guards at each of the three gates of the castle, and the commander of the guards at the third gate was the Duke Aymon himself, for, of his loyalty to the King, he made war against his own sons. Who acts: King, commander. 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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 (King, commander), 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:pg75339:5:49 # text = Then the King set guards at each of the three gates of the castle, and the commander of the guards at the third gate was the Duke Aymon himself, for, of his loyalty to the King, he made war against his own sons. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 commander commander NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ _ 22 at at ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 25 amod _ _ 25 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 Duke Duke PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 Aymon Aymon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 30 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 29 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 loyalty loyalty NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 appos _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 43 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 44 against against ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 46 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | past | the King | guards | | each of the three gates of the castle | then | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent guard=Theme at each=Destination | | 2 | **is a** | past | the commander of the guards at the third gate | the Duke Aymon | | | | King *nmod:unmarked*; King's loyalty to the King *appos* | tree rules | | 3 | **make** | past | King | war | | | | against King's own sons | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Product | 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/5/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/5/50/) - ↑ back to [How It Fared With the Brethren](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/5/)