--- title: And further he spake concerning my brother Perceval, and the Spear,… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: And further he spake concerning my brother Perceval, and the Spear, and the Grail; for that golden stairway betokened the Holy Grail, and that Perceval should aid in the winning thereof, and in that service should he die. Who acts: door, Perceval. 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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 (door, Perceval), 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:pg8447:10:61 # text = And further he spake concerning my brother Perceval, and the Spear, and the Grail; for that golden stairway betokened the Holy Grail, and that Perceval should aid in the winning thereof, and in that service should he die. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 further far ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 spake speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 concerning concern VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 Perceval Perceval PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Spear spear NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Grail grail NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 det _ _ 20 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 stairway stairway NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 22 betokened betoken VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 Holy Holy PROPN NNP _ 25 compound _ _ 25 Grail Grail PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 Perceval Perceval PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 30 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 aid aid VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 32 in in SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 winning win VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 35 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 det _ _ 40 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 41 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | door | the Spear | | | | the Grail *obl*; far *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **concern** | gerund | door *not said here* | my brother | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus brother=Experiencer | | 3 | **betoken** | past | door *not said here* | the Holy Grail | | | | for that golden stairway | tree rules | | 4 | **aid** | should | Perceval | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **win** | gerund | Perceval *not said here* | | | | | thereof *property* | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **die** | should | door | | | | | in that service | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in service=Attribute | 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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