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title: He came to King Marsilas, where he stood among his princes, and fell… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics
description: He came to King Marsilas, where he stood among his princes, and fell at his feet; for indeed there was no strength left in him. " Who acts: King, strength. A sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, The Battle, with its dependency tree and the pragma
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# Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, The Battle, sentence 69

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He came to King Marsilas, where he stood among his princes, and fell at his feet; for indeed there was no strength left in him. "

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**Who acts:** King, strength · **What happens:** come, stand, fall, be, leave · **To what, where:** King Marsilas, feet, strength

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This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, The Battle. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, strength), 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:pg75339:31:69
# text = He came to King Marsilas, where he stood among his princes, and fell at his feet; for indeed there was no strength left in him. "
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Marsilas	Marsilas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	9	advmod	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	among	among	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	princes	prince	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
20	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
21	indeed	indeed	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
22	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	23	expl	_	_
23	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
24	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	25	det	_	_
25	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
26	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	25	acl	_	_
27	in	in	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
30	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | King |  |  | King Marsilas |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to marsilas=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **stand** | past | King |  |  |  |  | among King's princes | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent among prince=Location |
| 3 | **fall** | past |  |  |  | King's feet |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at foot=Location |
| 4 | **be** | past | no strength |  |  | there |  | indeed *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **leave** | participle |  | no strength *not said here* |  |  |  | in King | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in he=Result |

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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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