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title: But when he heard how the King and Roland had fallen out, and how Fi… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics
description: But when he heard how the King and Roland had fallen out, and how Fierabras had defied the King and his army, and no man had gone forth to meet him, he straightway rose from his bed and began to stretch and try himself to see whether by any means he could bear his armour. Who acts: King, Fierabras, 
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# Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Fierabras Defied King Charles, sentence 42

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But when he heard how the King and Roland had fallen out, and how Fierabras had defied the King and his army, and no man had gone forth to meet him, he straightway rose from his bed and began to stretch and try himself to see whether by any means he could bear his armour.

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**Who acts:** King, Fierabras, man · **What happens:** hear, fall out, defy, go, meet, rise · **To what, where:** King, bed, armour · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, How Fierabras Defied King Charles. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, Fierabras, man), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg75339:16:42
# text = But when he heard how the King and Roland had fallen out, and how Fierabras had defied the King and his army, and no man had gone forth to meet him, he straightway rose from his bed and began to stretch and try himself to see whether by any means he could bear his armour.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
2	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	37	advcl	_	_
5	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	Roland	Roland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	fallen	fall	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	ccomp	_	_
12	out	out	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
15	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	18	advmod	_	_
16	Fierabras	Fierabras	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
17	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	defied	defy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
22	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
26	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	27	det	_	_
27	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nsubj	_	_
28	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	aux	_	_
29	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
30	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	29	advmod	_	_
31	to	to	PART	TO	_	32	mark	_	_
32	meet	meet	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	29	advcl	_	_
33	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
35	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
36	straightway	straightway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	flat	_	_
37	rose	rise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
38	from	from	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	40	nmod:poss	_	_
40	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
42	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	37	conj	_	_
43	to	to	PART	TO	_	44	mark	_	_
44	stretch	stretch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	42	xcomp	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
46	try	try	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	44	conj	_	_
47	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	46	obj	_	_
48	to	to	PART	TO	_	49	mark	_	_
49	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	46	xcomp	_	_
50	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	53	mark	_	_
51	by	by	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
52	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	53	obl	_	_
53	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	49	ccomp	_	_
54	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	56	nsubj	_	_
55	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	56	aux	_	_
56	bear	bear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	53	ccomp	_	_
57	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	58	nmod:poss	_	_
58	armour	armour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	37	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past | King |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **fall out** | past · perfect | the King and Roland |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **defy** | past · perfect | Fierabras | the King and King's army |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **go** | past · perfect | no man |  |  |  |  | forth *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **meet** | to-infinitive | no man *not said here* | King |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent |
| 6 | **rise** | past | King |  |  | King's bed |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from bed=Initial\_Location |
| 7 | **begin** | past | King *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 8 | **stretch** | to-infinitive | King *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 9 | **try** | infinitive | King *not said here* | King |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 10 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | King *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 11 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | by any | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 12 | **bear** | could | King | King's armour |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent armour=Patient |

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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.

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**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.

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