--- title: When the false traitor saw this he deemed that he was dead, and left… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: When the false traitor saw this he deemed that he was dead, and left him lying, and went there, where the monster lay, and smote off the right foot, thinking to take it to the maiden of whom I have told ye, that he might therewith win her to wife. Who acts: false traitor, traitor, monster, I. 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Weston, Opening, part 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (false traitor, traitor, monster, I), 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:pg8447:11:12 # text = When the false traitor saw this he deemed that he was dead, and left him lying, and went there, where the monster lay, and smote off the right foot, thinking to take it to the maiden of whom I have told ye, that he might therewith win her to wife. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 false false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 traitor traitor NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 6 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 obj _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 deemed deem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 lying lie VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 21 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 26 advmod _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 monster monster NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 smote smite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 30 off off ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 41 nmod _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 43 acl:relcl _ _ 47 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 46 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 49 that that SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 50 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 51 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 52 therewith therewith ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 53 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 54 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ _ 55 to to PART TO _ 56 mark _ _ 56 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the false traitor | this | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 2 | **deem** | past | traitor | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | traitor | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **leave** | past | traitor *not said here* | traitor | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **lie** | gerund | traitor *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **go** | past | | | | there | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **lie** | past | the monster | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **smite** | past | traitor *not said here* | | | | | off the right foot | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | traitor *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 10 | **take** | to-infinitive | traitor *not said here* | wound | | the maiden | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to maiden=Destination | | 11 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · perfect | I | | ye | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent ye=Recipient | | 12 | **win** | might | monster | Devil | | | | wife *advcl*; therewith *property* | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Eventuality | 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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