--- title: This I tell ye of a truth, each betokeneth a day, or a week, or it m… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: This I tell ye of a truth, each betokeneth a day, or a week, or it may be a month; but of this be ye sure, and doubt not, so long shall he live, and then shall he yield up his life. Who acts: This, each, step, door. 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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 (This, each, step, door), 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:pg8447:10:64 # text = This I tell ye of a truth, each betokeneth a day, or a week, or it may be a month; but of this be ye sure, and doubt not, so long shall he live, and then shall he yield up his life. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 3 iobj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 10 nsubj _ _ 10 betokeneth betoken VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 or or CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 or or CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 20 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 cop _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 26 of of SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 nsubj _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 cop _ _ 29 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 30 nsubj _ _ 30 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 doubt doubt NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 so so ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 40 advmod _ _ 38 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 43 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 46 advmod _ _ 44 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 yield yield VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 conj _ _ 47 up up ADP RP _ 46 compound:prt _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | This | | ye of a truth | | | I *nsubj* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent ye=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **betoken** | present | each | | | | day; week | | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | may | step | a month | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | infinitive | this | | | | | doubt *obl*; ye *nsubj*; sure *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **live** | shall | door | | | | | long *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **yield up** | shall | door | door's life | | | then | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent life=Theme | 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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