--- title: He asked him if he yet thought thereupon, how, when he departed from… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: He asked him if he yet thought thereupon, how, when he departed from the land he pledged his word to her that he would return, so soon as might be, to the country of the Moors, for her profit and for her honour? Who acts: Sir, Morien. 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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 (Sir, Morien), 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:pg8447:10:5 # text = He asked him if he yet thought thereupon, how, when he departed from the land he pledged his word to her that he would return, so soon as might be, to the country of the Moors, for her profit and for her honour? 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 yet yet ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 8 thereupon thereupon ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 departed depart VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 15 from from ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 pledged pledge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ 31 as as SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 Moors Moor PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 profit profit NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 46 for for ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Sir | | Lancelot | | | to the country of the Moors; for Morien's profit and Morien's honour; soon *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Sir | | | | yet | thereupon *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **depart** | past | Sir | | | the land | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from land=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **pledge** | past | Sir | Sir's word | Morien | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent word=Theme to she=Goal | | 5 | **return** | would | Sir | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **word** | | Sir | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **profit** | | Morien | | | | | | nom profit «possession intransitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **honour** | | Morien | | | | | | nom honour «state transitive»: poss=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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