--- title: And the goodman answered straight-way: "They deem that all is lost;… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: And the goodman answered straight-way: "They deem that all is lost; the King cometh hither to this castle that standeth here, and the people of the land know not what they may do, they must lose their goods and all they possess. Who acts: goodman, knights, King, castle. 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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 (goodman, knights, King, castle), 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:pg8447:11:45 # text = And the goodman answered straight-way: "They deem that all is lost; the King cometh hither to this castle that standeth here, and the people of the land know not what they may do, they must lose their goods and all they possess. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 goodman goodman NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 straight straight ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 deem deem VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 cometh come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 20 hither hither ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 det _ _ 23 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 25 standeth stand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 26 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 34 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 36 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 39 obj _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 44 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 goods goods NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 43 obj _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 45 conj _ _ 48 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 possess possess VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the goodman | | | | | way *ccomp* | tree rules | | 2 | **deem** *in a quote* | present | knights *= knight* | way *not said here* | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent way=Attribute | | 3 | **lose** *in a quote* | present · passive | | all | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 4 | **come** *in a quote* | present | the King | | | this castle | | hither *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to castle=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **stand** *in a quote* | present | this castle | | | here | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | present | the people of the land | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **do** *in a quote* | may | knights *= knight* | | | | | what *obj* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 8 | **lose** *in a quote* | must | knights *= knight* | knights's goods | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goods=Eventuality | | 9 | **possess** *in a quote* | present | knights *= knight* | | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/11/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/11/46/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/11/)