--- title: But as he had counted sixty, and would set foot upon the next, lo! h… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: But as he had counted sixty, and would set foot upon the next, lo! he saw none of all those he had left below him, save that upon which he stood, and on which his foot was set, and above him he saw naught. Who acts: stairway. 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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 (stairway), 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:pg8447:10:51 # text = But as he had counted sixty, and would set foot upon the next, lo! he saw none of all those he had left below him, save that upon which he stood, and on which his foot was set, and above him he saw naught. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 counted count VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 6 sixty sixty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 11 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 12 upon upon ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 lo lo INTJ UH _ 10 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 19 obj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 23 det:predet _ _ 23 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 20 nmod _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 acl:relcl _ _ 27 below below ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 30 save save ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 obl _ _ 32 upon upon ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 obl _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 38 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 obl _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 46 above above ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obl _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 50 naught naught PRON NN PronType=Neg 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count** | past · perfect | stairway | sixty | | | | | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sixty=Theme | | 2 | **set** | would | stairway *not said here* | foot | | the next | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent foot=Theme upon next=Destination | | 3 | **see** | past | stairway | none of those | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer none=Stimulus | | 4 | **leave** | past · perfect | stairway | | | | | below door | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent below he=Location | | 5 | **stand** | past | stairway | | | | | which *obl* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon which=Location | | 6 | **set** | past · passive | | stairway's foot | | | | which *obl* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme on which=Destination | | 7 | **see** | past | stairway | naught | | | | above stairway | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer naught=Stimulus | 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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