--- title: But when King Charles saw that he could not hinder Oliver from doing… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: But when King Charles saw that he could not hinder Oliver from doing battle with Fierabras, he said, "Now may God be with you, and help you, and bring you back with joy!" and he reached to him his glove, which Oliver took with much pleasantness and humility. Who acts: Charles, glove. 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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 (Charles, glove), 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:pg75339:16:70 # text = But when King Charles saw that he could not hinder Oliver from doing battle with Fierabras, he said, "Now may God be with you, and help you, and bring you back with joy!" and he reached to him his glove, which Oliver took with much pleasantness and humility. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 3 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:desc _ _ 4 Charles Charles PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 hinder hinder VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 11 Oliver Oliver PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 12 from from SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 13 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 14 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Fierabras Fierabras PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 21 " " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 advmod _ _ 23 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 ccomp _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 acl _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 ccomp _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 back back ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ! ! PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 glove glove NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 51 nsubj _ _ 50 Oliver Oliver PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 51 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 acl:relcl _ _ 52 with with ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 pleasantness pleasantness NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 humility humility NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | Charles King | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **not** **hinder** | could | Charles | Oliver | | | | | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer oliver=Eventuality | | 3 | **do** | gerund | Charles *not said here* | battle | | | | with Fierabras | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battle=Eventuality | | 4 | **say** *speech: express* | past | Charles | | | | | God *ccomp* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **help** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | you | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary | | 6 | **bring back** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | you | | | with joy | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument you=Destination | | 7 | **reach** | past | Charles | King's glove | King | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent glove=Theme | | 8 | **take** | past | King's glove | | | | | with much pleasantness and humility; Oliver *nsubj* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/16/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/16/71/) - ↑ back to [How Fierabras Defied King Charles](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/16/)