--- title: In medieval Europe, trial by ordeal asked God to show the truth, for… — Rules, courts, police, taxes and armies through… · tree and pragmatics description: In medieval Europe, trial by ordeal asked God to show the truth, for example by checking if a burn healed; in 1215 the Church told priests to stop taking part, and it faded away. Who acts: trial, burn, Church, ordeal. 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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 (trial, burn, Church, ordeal), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:history:068-rules-courts-police-taxes-and-armies-through-time.lesson:10 # text = In medieval Europe, trial by ordeal asked God to show the truth, for example by checking if a burn healed; in 1215 the Church told priests to stop taking part, and it faded away. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = history # lesson = 068-rules-courts-police-taxes-and-armies-through-time.lesson # annotation = Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R7-rel-agree ×2 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 medieval medieval ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Europe Europe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 trial trial NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 ordeal ordeal NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 iobj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 example example NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 17 by by SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 18 checking check VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 19 if if SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 burn burn NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 healed heal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=18:ccomp 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 1215 1215 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 28 obl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Church Church PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=8:conj 29 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 iobj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 32 taking take VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 xcomp _ _ 33 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 faded fade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 parataxis _ _ 38 away away ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | trial by ordeal | | God | medieval Europe | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent god=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **show** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | trial by ordeal *not said here* | the truth | | | | for example | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient | | 3 | **check** | gerund | trial by ordeal *not said here* | | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **heal** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a burn | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the Church | | priests | 1215 | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent priest=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **stop** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Church *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **take** | gerund | the Church *not said here* | part | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Theme | | 8 | **fade away** | past | Church | | | | | away *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 9 | **try** | | ordeal | | | | | | nom trial «act transitive»: by=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. **Licence: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)**, as the whole of Mova corpus 0.4, of which this treebank (the agreed school, `mova-school-agreed-en.conllu`) is part. 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