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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, many hours), 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:pg75339:8:30 # text = So they set forth, having six thousand men on horseback, and one thousand on foot, and before they had gone many hours' journey there came Roland and Oliver and Ogier the Dane, having King John with them, as has been said. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 set set VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 forth forth ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 7 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 horseback horseback NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 compound _ _ 15 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 obl _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 before before SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 24 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ' 's PART POS _ 25 case _ _ 27 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 28 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ _ 29 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 30 Roland Roland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 Oliver Oliver PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 Ogier Ogier PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 Dane Dane PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 39 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod:desc _ _ 40 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 as as SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 45 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 47 aux:pass _ _ 47 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | present | knights *= knight* | one thousand on foot | | | | forth *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **have** | gerund | knights *= knight* *not said here* | thousand men | | horseback | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient | | 3 | **go** | past · perfect | knights *= knight* | many hours's journey | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location journey=Theme | | 4 | **come** | past | | Roland and Oliver and Ogier | | there | | the Dane *obl:unmarked* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location roland=Theme | | 5 | **have** | gerund | | John King | | | | with knights *= knight* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent john=Patient | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · perfect · passive | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S» | | 7 | **journey** | | many hours | | | | | | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/8/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/8/31/) - ↑ back to [Of the Craft of Mawgis](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/8/)