--- title: And King Marsilas, throwing down his shield upon the ground, fled fr… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: And King Marsilas, throwing down his shield upon the ground, fled from out the battle, and thousands fled with him, crying aloud, "Verily, the nephew of King Charles has won the day." Who acts: King, thousands, nephew. 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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, thousands, nephew), 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:pg75339:33:22 # text = And King Marsilas, throwing down his shield upon the ground, fled from out the battle, and thousands fled with him, crying aloud, "Verily, the nephew of King Charles has won the day." 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 Marsilas Marsilas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 throwing throw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 6 down down ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 shield shield NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 upon upon ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 fled flee VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 from from ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 out out ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 thousands thousand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ _ 21 fled flee VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 26 aloud aloud ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 28 " " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 Verily verily ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 nephew nephew NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod:desc _ _ 35 Charles Charles PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 won win VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 conj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw down** | gerund | King | King's shield | | the ground | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent shield=Theme upon ground=Destination | | 2 | **flee** | past | | | | the battle | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from battle=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **flee** | past | thousands | | | | | with King | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | thousands *not said here* | | | | | aloud *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **win** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the nephew of Charles King | | | | day | verily *property* | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/33/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/33/23/) - ↑ back to [How Oliver Was Slain](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/33/)