--- title: Then Herneger, after he had first disposed a thousand knights in the… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: Then Herneger, after he had first disposed a thousand knights in the mountains round about, rode up to the castle gates and said, "I pray you to let me enter, for the King seeks my life. Who acts: Herneger, 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 (Herneger, 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:pg75339:5:67 # text = Then Herneger, after he had first disposed a thousand knights in the mountains round about, rode up to the castle gates and said, "I pray you to let me enter, for the King seeks my life. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 Herneger Herneger PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 after after SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 8 advmod _ _ 8 disposed dispose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 acl:relcl _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 knights knight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 15 round round ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 about about ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 18 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 up up ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 " " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 ccomp _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 33 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 enter enter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 for for SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 seeks seek VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 40 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dispose** | past · perfect | Herneger | thousand knights | | the mountains | | about, first *property* | vn addict-96 «NP V NP PP.Theme»: agent=Agent knight=Patient | | 2 | **ride up** | past | Herneger | | | the castle gates | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to gate=Trajectory | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Herneger *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **pray** *in a quote* | present | Herneger | you | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **let** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Herneger *not said here* | Herneger | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **enter** *in a quote* | infinitive | Herneger *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **seek** *in a quote* | present | the King | my life | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme | 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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/5/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/5/68/) - ↑ back to [How It Fared With the Brethren](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/5/)