--- title: And when Gerard turned to flee, being unarmed, and fearing for his l… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: And when Gerard turned to flee, being unarmed, and fearing for his life, he rode at him and smote him with his spear, so that he fell to the ground as one dead. Who acts: Gerard, Prince. 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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 (Gerard, Prince), 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:pg75339:38:40 # text = And when Gerard turned to flee, being unarmed, and fearing for his life, he rode at him and smote him with his spear, so that he fell to the ground as one dead. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 Gerard Gerard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 flee flee VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 cop _ _ 9 unarmed unarmed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 fearing fear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 advcl _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 19 at at ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 smote smite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 spear spear NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 31 mark _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 fixed _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 as as ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 nummod _ _ 37 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past | Gerard | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **flee** | to-infinitive | Gerard *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | gerund | Gerard *not said here* | | | | | unarmed *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **fear** | gerund | Gerard *not said here* | | | | | for Gerard's life | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer for life=Attribute | | 5 | **ride** | past | Gerard | | | | | at Prince | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **smite** | past | Gerard *not said here* | Prince | | | | with Prince's spear | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with spear=Instrument | | 7 | **fall** | past | Prince | | | | | to the ground; as one dead | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to ground=Theme | 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/38/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/38/41/) - ↑ back to [How King Charles Sent Huon on an Errand](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/38/)