--- title: But the folk that were within had no more than a day's grace left to… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: But the folk that were within had no more than a day's grace left to them, on the morrow must they fare forth, for would they defend it no quarter should be shown them, but they should be seethed or roasted alive. Who acts: folk, knights. 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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 (folk, knights), 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:pg8447:11:40 # text = But the folk that were within had no more than a day's grace left to them, on the morrow must they fare forth, for would they defend it no quarter should be shown them, but they should be seethed or roasted alive. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 obj _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 within within ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 no no ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 obj _ _ 10 than than ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 grace grace NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 15 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 22 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 fare fare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 25 forth forth ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 for for SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 defend defend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 33 det _ _ 33 quarter quarter NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 shown show VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 conj _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 but but CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 seethed seethe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 conj _ _ 44 or or CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 roasted roast VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 conj _ _ 46 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | | | | | | the folk *obj*; have *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **leave** | participle | | a day's grace *not said here* | knights *= knight* | the morrow | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to they=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **fare** | must | the folk | | | | | knights *= knight* *nsubj*; forth *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **defend** | would | knights *= knight* | folk | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary | | 5 | **show** | should · passive | | no quarter | | | | knights *= knight* *obj* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient they=Topic | | 6 | **seethe** | should · passive | | knights *= knight* | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **roast** | participle | | | | | | alive *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | 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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