--- title: Then all thanked Morien, deeming that as at that time no better coun… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Then all thanked Morien, deeming that as at that time no better counsel might be found; and Sir Gariët and Morien alike besought of Sir Perceval that he would ride with them, to aid the queen and release King Arthur, and bring comfort to his land. Who acts: Gariët, Sir. 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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 (Gariët, Sir), 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:pg8447:10:85 # text = Then all thanked Morien, deeming that as at that time no better counsel might be found; and Sir Gariët and Morien alike besought of Sir Perceval that he would ride with them, to aid the queen and release King Arthur, and bring comfort to his land. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 advmod _ _ 3 thanked thank VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Morien Morien PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 deeming deem VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 7 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 obj _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 11 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 12 no no ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 14 amod _ _ 14 counsel counsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod:desc _ _ 21 Gariët Gariët PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 Morien Morien PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 24 alike alike ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 besought beseech VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 28 Perceval Perceval PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 flat _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 ride ride VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 aid aid VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 release release VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 42 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 Arthur Arthur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 47 comfort comfort NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | past | | | Morien | | then | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent morien=Theme | | 2 | **deem** | gerund | | that | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent that=Attribute | | 3 | **find** | might · passive | | better counsel | | | time | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 4 | **beseech** | past | Gariët Sir and Morien | | | | | of Sir; alike *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **ride** | would | Sir | | | | | with Gariët | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **aid** | to-infinitive | Sir *not said here* | | the queen | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Beneficiary | | 7 | **release** | present | Sir *not said here* | King Arthur | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer arthur=Source | | 8 | **bring** | infinitive | | comfort | | Sir's land | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent comfort=Theme to land=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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