--- title: Counsel me as it seemeth ye best; since that I be your father, accor… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Counsel me as it seemeth ye best; since that I be your father, according as matters went afore 'twixt me and your mother, it behoves ye well so to do." Who acts: you, it, that, father. A sentence of «Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch» by Jessie L. 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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, it, that, father), 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:pg8447:10:76 # text = Counsel me as it seemeth ye best; since that I be your father, according as matters went afore 'twixt me and your mother, it behoves ye well so to do." 1 Counsel counsel VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 seemeth seem VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 6 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 nsubj _ _ 7 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 since since SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 10 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 nsubj _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 cop _ _ 13 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 case _ _ 17 as as ADP IN _ 16 fixed _ _ 18 matters matter VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 19 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 20 afore afore ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 twixt twixt PROPN ADD _ 19 parataxis _ _ 23 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 iobj _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 behoves behove VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 30 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 obj _ _ 31 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 29 advmod _ _ 32 so so ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **counsel** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | | me | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 2 | **seem** | present | it | best ye | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme good=Attribute | | 3 | **is a** | infinitive | that | your father | | | | I *nsubj*; your *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 4 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **matter** | present | your father *not said here* | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **go** | past | your father | | | | | twixt me *parataxis*; afore *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **behove** | present | peace | ye | | | | well *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **do** | to-infinitive | peace *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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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