Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Fierabras Defied King Charles, sentence 42

But when he heard how the King and Roland had fallen out, and how Fierabras had defied the King and his army, and no man had gone forth to meet him, he straightway rose from his bed and began to stretch and try himself to see whether by any means he could bear his armour.

Who acts: King, Fierabras, man · What happens: hear, fall out, defy, go, meet, rise · To what, where: King, bed, armour · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, How Fierabras Defied King Charles. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, Fierabras, man), 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	But	but	CCONJ	_	37 rose	cc
2	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 heard	advmod
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 heard	nsubj
4	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 rose	advcl
5	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	11 fallen	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 King	det
7	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 fallen	nsubj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 Roland	cc
9	Roland	Roland	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 King	conj
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 fallen	aux
11	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 heard	ccomp
12	out	out	ADP	_	11 fallen	compound:prt
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 defied	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 defied	cc
15	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	18 defied	advmod
16	Fierabras	Fierabras	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 defied	nsubj
17	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 defied	aux
18	defied	defy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 heard	conj
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 King	det
20	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 defied	obj
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 army	cc
22	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 army	nmod:poss
23	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 King	conj
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 gone	punct
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 gone	cc
26	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	27 man	det
27	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 gone	nsubj
28	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 gone	aux
29	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 heard	conj
30	forth	forth	ADV	_	29 gone	advmod
31	to	to	PART	_	32 meet	mark
32	meet	meet	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	29 gone	advcl
33	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 meet	obj
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 heard	punct
35	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 rose	nsubj
36	straightway	straightway	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 he	flat
37	rose	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
38	from	from	ADP	_	40 bed	case
39	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	40 bed	nmod:poss
40	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 rose	obl
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 began	cc
42	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 rose	conj
43	to	to	PART	_	44 stretch	mark
44	stretch	stretch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	42 began	xcomp
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 try	cc
46	try	try	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	44 stretch	conj
47	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	46 try	obj
48	to	to	PART	_	49 see	mark
49	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	46 try	xcomp
50	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	53 means	mark
51	by	by	ADP	_	52 any	case
52	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	53 means	obl
53	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	49 see	ccomp
54	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 bear	nsubj
55	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	56 bear	aux
56	bear	bear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	53 means	ccomp
57	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	58 armour	nmod:poss
58	armour	armour	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 bear	obj
59	.	.	PUNCT	_	37 rose	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hear	past	King				vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	fall out	past · perfect	the King and Roland				vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	defy	past · perfect	Fierabras	the King and King's army			tree rules
4	go	past · perfect	no man			forth property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	meet	to-infinitive	no man not said here	King			vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent
6	rise	past	King		King's bed		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from bed=Initial_Location
7	begin	past	King not said here				vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
8	stretch	to-infinitive	King not said here				vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
9	try	infinitive	King not said here	King			tree rules
10	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	King not said here				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
11	mean	present				by any	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
12	bear	could	King	King's armour			vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent armour=Patient

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.

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🌲 Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Fierabras Defied King Charles, sentence 42

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Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Fierabras Defied King Charles, sentence 42