--- title: And the door that stood above and the stairway itself both alike bet… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: And the door that stood above and the stairway itself both alike betokened the heavenly kingdom, as might well be known by the light that shone within; and the steps that lay before it they betokened the days of Perceval's life. ' Who acts: door, stairway, light, steps. 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' **Who acts:** door, stairway, light, steps · **What happens:** stand, betoken, know, shine, lay · **To what, where:** heavenly kingdom This is a sentence of «Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch» by Jessie L. 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, stairway, light, steps), 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:pg8447:10:63 # text = And the door that stood above and the stairway itself both alike betokened the heavenly kingdom, as might well be known by the light that shone within; and the steps that lay before it they betokened the days of Perceval's life. ' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 above above ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 stairway stairway NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 10 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 9 nmod:unmarked _ _ 11 both both ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 12 alike alike ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 betokened betoken VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 heavenly heavenly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 as as SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 20 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 22 advmod _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 parataxis _ _ 23 by by ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 27 shone shine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 28 within within ADP IN _ 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj _ _ 33 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 34 lay lay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 35 before before ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 betokened betoken VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 Perceval Perceval PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 43 's 's PART POS _ 42 case _ _ 44 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ 46 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | the door | | | | | that *nsubj*; above *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **betoken** | past | the stairway service | the heavenly kingdom | | | | alike, both *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **know** | might · passive | the light | | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **shine** | past | the light | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **lay** | present | the steps | | | | before step | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent before it=Destination | | 6 | **betoken** | past | the steps | | | | day | pain *nsubj* | tree rules | 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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