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title: When he had done this, the knights who were disposed upon the mounta… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics
description: When he had done this, the knights who were disposed upon the mountains came up, being led by Guy of Burgundy, and, finding the gates open, entered in and slew all that they could find. Who acts: Herneger, knights, Guy, gates. A sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by 
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# Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How It Fared With the Brethren, sentence 81

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When he had done this, the knights who were disposed upon the mountains came up, being led by Guy of Burgundy, and, finding the gates open, entered in and slew all that they could find.

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**Who acts:** Herneger, knights, Guy, gates, finding · **What happens:** do, dispose, come up, lead, find, open · **To what, where:** this, knights, all · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, How It Fared With the Brethren. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Herneger, knights, Guy, gates), 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:pg75339:5:81
# text = When he had done this, the knights who were disposed upon the mountains came up, being led by Guy of Burgundy, and, finding the gates open, entered in and slew all that they could find.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	15	advcl	_	_
5	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	knights	knight	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
10	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	disposed	dispose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl:relcl	_	_
12	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
15	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
16	up	up	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	19	aux:pass	_	_
19	led	lead	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	advcl	_	_
20	by	by	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	Guy	Guy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	obl:agent	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	Burgundy	Burgundy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
27	finding	find	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	32	csubj	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	gates	gate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	nsubj	_	_
30	open	open	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	27	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
32	entered	enter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	conj	_	_
33	in	in	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
35	slew	slay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	conj	_	_
36	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	35	obl	_	_
37	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	40	mark	_	_
38	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	40	nsubj	_	_
39	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	40	aux	_	_
40	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	36	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past · perfect | Herneger | this |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality |
| 2 | **dispose** | past · passive |  | the knights |  |  |  | upon the mountains | vn addict-96 «NP V NP PP.Theme»: subject=Patient |
| 3 | **come up** | past | the knights |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **lead** | gerund · passive | Guy of Burgundy |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 5 | **find** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 6 | **open** | present | the gates |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **enter** | past | finding |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 8 | **slay** | past | finding *not said here* | all |  |  |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **find** | could | knights *= knight* |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

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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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