--- title: They might well have held the castle for a year to come, so strong i… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: They might well have held the castle for a year to come, so strong is it, and they have within weapons and victuals, and men enough for the defence--it might scarce be taken by force so long as they had food, nor might any man lightly make his way therein. Who acts: knights, force, man. 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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 (knights, force, man), 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:pg8447:11:52 # text = They might well have held the castle for a year to come, so strong is it, and they have within weapons and victuals, and men enough for the defence--it might scarce be taken by force so long as they had food, nor might any man lightly make his way therein. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 4 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux _ _ 5 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 so so ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 advcl _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 22 within within ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 weapons weapon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 victuals victual NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 29 enough enough ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 defence defence NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 -- -- PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 36 scarce scarce ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 39 by by ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 force force NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 41 so so ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 38 advmod _ _ 43 as as SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ _ 46 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 48 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 53 cc _ _ 49 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 50 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 51 det _ _ 51 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 52 lightly lightly ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 53 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 54 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 56 therein therein ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | might · perfect · passive | | knights *= knight* | | | | for the defence; men *obl*; the castle *obj*; well *property* | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Theme castle=Eventuality | | 2 | **come** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | present | | castle | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **have** | present | knights *= knight* | | | | | within weapons and victuals | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **take** | might · passive | force | it | | | | long *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 6 | **have** | past | knights *= knight* | food | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient | | 7 | **make** | might | any man | man's way | | | | lightly, therein *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Product | 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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