--- title: So soon as he saw the stranger upon the steed, and Lancelot, who lay… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: So soon as he saw the stranger upon the steed, and Lancelot, who lay there wounded, he rode fast towards him, and drew out his good sword, and cried, "Abide ye still, Sir Murderer, for this beast have ye slain my comrade, that do I see right well." Who acts: traitor, Lancelot, that. 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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 (traitor, Lancelot, that), 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:pg8447:11:14 # text = So soon as he saw the stranger upon the steed, and Lancelot, who lay there wounded, he rode fast towards him, and drew out his good sword, and cried, "Abide ye still, Sir Murderer, for this beast have ye slain my comrade, that do I see right well." 1 So so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 upon upon ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 steed steed NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 Lancelot Lancelot PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 16 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 17 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ _ 18 wounded wounded ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 22 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 21 advmod _ _ 23 towards towards ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 28 out out ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 30 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 " " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 Abide abide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 38 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 obj _ _ 39 still still ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nmod:desc _ _ 42 Murderer Murderer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 46 det _ _ 46 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj:pass _ _ 47 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 48 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 49 nsubj:pass _ _ 49 slain slay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 conj _ _ 50 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 comrade comrade NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 53 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 56 nsubj _ _ 54 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 55 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 57 right right ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 58 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 56 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 " " PUNCT '' _ 56 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | traitor | the stranger | | | | upon the steed; soon *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stranger=Stimulus | | 2 | **lie** | past | Lancelot | | | there | | who *nsubj*; wounded *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **ride** | past | traitor | | | | | towards Lancelot; fast *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent towards he=Trajectory | | 4 | **draw out** | past | traitor *not said here* | Lancelot's good sword | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | | 5 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | traitor *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **abide** *in a quote* | infinitive | traitor *not said here* | ye | | | still | Murderer Sir *obl* | tree rules | | 7 | **slay** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | this beast | | | | ye *nsubj:pass*; my comrade *obj* | tree rules | | 8 | **see** *in a quote* | present · do-support | that | | | | | I *nsubj*; well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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. Weston, Project Gutenberg book 8447 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/11/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/11/15/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/11/)