--- title: The knights from Montalban pursued them for a mile or so, and Mawgis… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: The knights from Montalban pursued them for a mile or so, and Mawgis took the golden dragon that was on Roland's tent (for Roland had not yet come back from hawking) and set it on the great tower of Montalban, so that all men might see it. Who acts: knights, Mawgis, golden dragon, Roland. 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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 (knights, Mawgis, golden dragon, Roland), 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:pg75339:7:33 # text = The knights from Montalban pursued them for a mile or so, and Mawgis took the golden dragon that was on Roland's tent (for Roland had not yet come back from hawking) and set it on the great tower of Montalban, so that all men might see it. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 knights knight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Montalban Montalban PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 pursued pursue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 mile mile NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 or or CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 Mawgis Mawgis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 Roland Roland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 23 's 's PART POS _ 22 case _ _ 24 tent tent NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 acl:relcl _ _ 25 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 Roland Roland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 30 yet yet ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 32 back back ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 from from ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 hawking hawking NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 31 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 Montalban Montalban PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 46 so so ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 47 that that SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 48 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 49 det _ _ 49 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 nsubj _ _ 50 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 52 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pursue** | past | the knights from Montalban | Frenchmen *= frenchman* | | | | for a mile | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 2 | **take** | past | Mawgis | | the golden dragon | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument dragon=Destination | | 3 | **is** | past | the golden dragon | | | Roland's tent | | Roland *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 4 | **have** | past | Roland | Roland's tent *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **come back** | infinitive | Roland's tent *not said here* | | | hawking | yet | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from hawking=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **set** | infinitive | Roland's tent *not said here* | dragon | | the great tower of Montalban | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme on tower=Destination | | 7 | **see** | might | all men | dragon | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/7/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/7/34/) - ↑ back to [Of the Treachery of King John](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/7/)