--- title: When the King perceived that he could not prevail in this way he bad… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: When the King perceived that he could not prevail in this way he bade his men cease from assaulting the castle, saying, "If I cannot take the hold of these villains by force I will take it by hunger." Who acts: King, men. A sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfre --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/11/47/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/) / [Of What Befell At Montalban](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/11/) / 47 # Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of What Befell At Montalban, sentence 47 When the King perceived that he could not prevail in this way he bade his men cease from assaulting the castle, saying, "If I cannot take the hold of these villains by force I will take it by hunger." **Who acts:** King, men · **What happens:** perceive, not prevail, bade, cease, assault, say · **To what, where:** way, castle, hold, villains · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, Of What Befell At Montalban. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, men), 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:pg75339:11:47 # text = When the King perceived that he could not prevail in this way he bade his men cease from assaulting the castle, saying, "If I cannot take the hold of these villains by force I will take it by hunger." 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 perceived perceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 prevail prevail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 12 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 bade bade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 17 cease cease VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 18 from from SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 19 assaulting assault VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 " " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 If if SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 35 det _ _ 35 villains villain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ _ 36 by by ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 force force NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 by by ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 hunger hunger NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **perceive** | past | the King | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **not** **prevail** | could | King | | | this way | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in way=Location | | 3 | **bade** | past | King | this way *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **cease** | present | King's men | this way *not said here* | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector way=Eventuality | | 5 | **assault** | gerund | King's men *not said here* | the castle | | | | | vn attack-60.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent castle=Patient | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | King's men *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **not** **take** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | can | King's men *= man* | the hold of this villains | | | | by force | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Theme | | 8 | **take** *in a quote* | future | King's men *= man* | hold | | | | by hunger | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 9 | **hold** *in a quote* | | | this villains | | | | | nom hold «act transitive»: of=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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/11/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/11/48/) - ↑ back to [Of What Befell At Montalban](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/11/)