--- title: Then he made a feint to strike the pagan on the head; and Fierabras,… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: Then he made a feint to strike the pagan on the head; and Fierabras, raising his shield over high to cover himself from the blow, left his side unguarded, which Oliver, quickly perceiving, drove his sword with all his might into the pagan's side. Who acts: Oliver, feint, Fierabras, side. 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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 (Oliver, feint, Fierabras, side), 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:pg75339:17:81 # text = Then he made a feint to strike the pagan on the head; and Fierabras, raising his shield over high to cover himself from the blow, left his side unguarded, which Oliver, quickly perceiving, drove his sword with all his might into the pagan's side. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 feint feint NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 strike strike VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 pagan pagan NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 Fierabras Fierabras PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 raising raise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 shield shield NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 over over ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 obl _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 cover cover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 24 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 23 obj _ _ 25 from from ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 unguarded unguard VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 35 Oliver Oliver PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 perceiving perceive VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 drove drive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 with with SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 44 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 51 det:predet _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 46 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 47 into into ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 pagan pagan NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 50 's 's PART POS _ 49 case _ _ 51 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | Oliver | a feint | | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **strike** | to-infinitive | a feint *not said here* | the pagan | | | | on the head | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent pagan=Instrument on head=Patient | | 3 | **raise** | gerund | Fierabras | Oliver's shield | | high | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent shield=Theme over high=Destination | | 4 | **cover** | to-infinitive | Fierabras *not said here* | Oliver | | the blow | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme himself=Destination | | 5 | **leave** | past | Oliver *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **unguard** | past | Oliver's side | Oliver | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **perceive** | gerund | Oliver *not said here* | | | | | quickly *property* | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **drive** | past | Oliver *not said here* | Oliver's sword | | | | Oliver's side *advcl* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme sword=Trajectory | 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/17/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/17/82/) - ↑ back to [How Oliver Fought With Fierabras](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/17/)