--- title: The bears, and the dragons, and the serpents that there lay in wait,… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: The bears, and the dragons, and the serpents that there lay in wait, know ye well that they gave sure and certain sign that the fiends deemed they had ye for their own in that hour, and would carry ye to Hell.'" Who acts: serpents, fiends. 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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 (serpents, fiends), 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:pg8447:10:66 # text = The bears, and the dragons, and the serpents that there lay in wait, know ye well that they gave sure and certain sign that the fiends deemed they had ye for their own in that hour, and would carry ye to Hell.'" 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bears bear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 dragons dragon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 serpents serpent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 11 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 12 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advmod _ _ 13 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 wait wait NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 17 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 18 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 obj _ _ 19 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 17 advmod _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 ccomp _ _ 23 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 conj _ _ 26 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 fiends fiend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 30 deemed deem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 ccomp _ _ 33 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 32 obj _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 obl _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 det _ _ 39 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 44 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 43 obj _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 Hell Hell PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 " " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** | past | the serpents | | | wait; there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in wait=Location | | 2 | **know** | present | the serpents | ye | | | | well *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **give** | past | serpents *= serpent* | sure sign | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Theme | | 4 | **deem** | past | the fiends | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **have** | past | fiends *= fiend* | ye | | | hour | for fiends's own | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ye=Patient | | 6 | **carry** | would | serpents *= serpent* *not said here* | ye | Hell | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ye=Theme to hell=Destination | 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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