--- title: So Oliver rode with his knights, and when he was come to the river,… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: So Oliver rode with his knights, and when he was come to the river, he found Reynaud on foot and Bayard his horse so far from him that he could not mount him; so he was taken unawares. Who acts: Oliver. 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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 (Oliver), 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:pg75339:9:83 # text = So Oliver rode with his knights, and when he was come to the river, he found Reynaud on foot and Bayard his horse so far from him that he could not mount him; so he was taken unawares. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 Oliver Oliver PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 knights knight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 19 Reynaud Reynaud PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 20 on on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 Bayard Bayard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 mount mount VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 so so ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 41 unawares unaware NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride** | past | Oliver | Oliver's horse | | | | with Oliver's knights; from Reynaud; Bayard *conj*; far *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent horse=Theme from he=Trajectory | | 2 | **come** | past · passive | | Oliver | | | | to the river | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **find** | past | Oliver | Reynaud | | foot | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reynaud=Topic | | 4 | **not** **mount** | could | Oliver | Reynaud | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 5 | **take** | past · passive | | Oliver | | | | unawares *obj* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme unaware=Destination | 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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/9/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/9/84/) - ↑ back to [More Deeds of Mawgis](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/9/)