--- title: But as it drew towards evening, and the light failed, did he think t… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: But as it drew towards evening, and the light failed, did he think to see a tower, so strongly builded that none by force might lightly win their way within; but no doorway might he see, only, as it were, another tower that stood there. Who acts: shelter, light, none, doorway. 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Weston, Opening, part 10. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (shelter, light, none, doorway), 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:pg8447:10:45 # text = But as it drew towards evening, and the light failed, did he think to see a tower, so strongly builded that none by force might lightly win their way within; but no doorway might he see, only, as it were, another tower that stood there. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 towards towards ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 failed fail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 so so ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 22 strongly strongly ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 builded builde VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 ccomp _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 25 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 30 nsubj _ _ 26 by by ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 force force NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 28 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 lightly lightly ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 31 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 within within ADP IN _ 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 36 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 37 det _ _ 37 doorway doorway NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 38 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 only only ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 44 as as ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 46 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 49 det _ _ 49 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 50 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 51 nsubj _ _ 51 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 acl:relcl _ _ 52 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 51 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **draw** | past | shelter | | | | evening | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **fail** | past | the light | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past · do-support | light | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **see** | to-infinitive | light *not said here* | a tower | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tower=Stimulus | | 5 | **builde** | participle | | | | | | strongly *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **win** | might | none by force | beasts's way | | | | lightly *property* | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Eventuality | | 7 | **see** | might | no doorway | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **is** | past | shelter | | | | | as another tower | tree rules | | 9 | **stand** | past | another tower | | | there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «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:** «Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch» by Jessie L. 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