--- title: And when the King held back, he cried, "Now this is the second time,… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: And when the King held back, he cried, "Now this is the second time," and smote him suddenly under the ear with his right hand, so strongly that he staggered half across the chamber, and fell to the ground. Who acts: King, this. 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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 (King, this), 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:pg75339:14:35 # text = And when the King held back, he cried, "Now this is the second time," and smote him suddenly under the ear with his right hand, so strongly that he staggered half across the chamber, and fell to the ground. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 6 back back ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ _ 13 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 nsubj _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 17 amod _ _ 17 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 " " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 smote smite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 24 under under ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 so so ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 strongly strongly ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 staggered stagger VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 37 half half ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 36 advmod _ _ 38 across across ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold back** | past | the King | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | King | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | this | the second time | | | now | | tree rules | | 4 | **smite** | past | King *not said here* | King | | the ear | | with King's right hand; suddenly *property* | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with hand=Instrument | | 5 | **stagger** | past | King | | | the chamber | | half, strongly *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across chamber=Trajectory | | 6 | **fall** | past | King *not said here* | | | | | to the ground | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to ground=Theme | 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/14/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/14/36/) - ↑ back to [How Ralph Entertained the King](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/14/)