--- title: Then the two rode on, and took a lodging in an inn; where when they… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: Then the two rode on, and took a lodging in an inn; where when they bedded their horses, Mawgis took a thread of silk and waxed it well and after bound the fore feet of Bayard. Who acts: two, lists, Mawgis. 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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 (two, lists, Mawgis), 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:pg75339:6:55 # text = Then the two rode on, and took a lodging in an inn; where when they bedded their horses, Mawgis took a thread of silk and waxed it well and after bound the fore feet of Bayard. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nsubj _ _ 4 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 lodging lodging NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 inn inn NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 18 advmod _ _ 16 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 bedded bed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 19 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 Mawgis Mawgis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 thread thread NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 silk silk NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 waxed wax VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 29 advmod _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 after after ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 bound bind VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 fore fore ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 Bayard Bayard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride on** | past | the two | | | | then | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **take** | past | the two *not said here* | a lodging | | a inn | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent lodging=Value in inn=Location | | 3 | **bed** | past | lists *= list* | lists's horses | | | | | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent horse=Theme | | 4 | **take** | past | Mawgis | a thread of silk | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thread=Theme | | 5 | **wax** | past | Mawgis *not said here* | thread | | | | well *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | | 6 | **bind** | past | Mawgis *not said here* | the fore feet of Bayard | | | | after *property* | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/6/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/6/56/) - ↑ back to [The Coming of Roland](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/6/)