--- title: Thus did the wise master make known to him his dream, and bade him t… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Thus did the wise master make known to him his dream, and bade him thereof take warning and order his ways with wisdom, and that speedily, and delay not, for here should he abide no long time, but drew nigh to his end. Who acts: you, wise master, master. 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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 (you, wise master, master), 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:pg8447:10:67 # text = Thus did the wise master make known to him his dream, and bade him thereof take warning and order his ways with wisdom, and that speedily, and delay not, for here should he abide no long time, but drew nigh to his end. 1 Thus thus ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 7 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 xcomp _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 bade bade NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 18 warning warning NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 order order VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 ways way NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 wisdom wisdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 nsubj _ _ 28 speedily speedily ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 delay delay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 obl _ _ 36 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 abide abide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 39 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 41 det _ _ 40 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 but but CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 parataxis _ _ 45 nigh nigh ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | you *not said here* | | | | | speedily, thus *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | present | the wise master | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **know** | participle | the wise master *not said here* | master's dream | master | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer dream=Stimulus | | 4 | **take** | present | | bade dream | | | | warning *obj*; thereof *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warning=Theme | | 5 | **order** | infinitive | | master's ways | | | | with wisdom | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme | | 6 | **not** **delay** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **abide** | should | master | | | | time | | tree rules | | 8 | **draw** | past | | | | | to master's end | nigh *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to end=Destination | | 9 | **dream** | | master | | | | | | nom dream «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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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