In this paper we will discuss the application of (Segmented) Discourse Representation Theory and the Generative Lexicon to the analysis of a historical French corpus of itineraries in the Pyre ́ne ́es. Our research will focus in particular on how type coercion (Pustejovsky, 1995) can help us give a correct analysis of cases of so-called "fictive motion" (Talmy, 1999), which is evident is phrases like. (1) The road runs along the coast for two hours. (2) The path descended abruptly. This case is particular in that an entity (which is considered immobile and which, in the context, defines a path) is the subject of a movement verb and that the combination is interpreted as a generic statement about the nature of this path, without any movement necessarily taking place.