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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, man, castle, each), 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:pg8447:11:84 # text = They ate and drank of such victuals as they had, and never a man of them wavered as it drew nigh to the dawning; they were fain to do great deeds; each looked to his armour as one who will fight for his life, and gave his steed a feed of corn. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 drank drink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 victuals victual NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 13 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nmod _ _ 18 wavered waver VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 19 as as SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 22 nigh nigh ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 dawning dawning NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 29 fain fain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 deeds deed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 35 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 36 nsubj _ _ 36 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 armour armour NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 as as ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 obl _ _ 42 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 43 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 acl:relcl _ _ 45 for for ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 steed steed NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 feed feed NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | past | knights *= knight* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **drink** | past | knights *= knight* *not said here* | | | | | of such victuals | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent of victual=Source | | 3 | **have** | past | knights *= knight* | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **waver** | past | a man of knights | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **draw** | past | castle | | | the dawning | | nigh *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to dawning=Destination | | 6 | **is** | past | knights *= knight* | | | | | fain *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **do** | to-infinitive | knights *= knight* *not said here* | great deeds | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deed=Eventuality | | 8 | **look** | past | each | | | | | to man's armour; as one | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to armour=Theme | | 9 | **fight** | future | | | | | | for man's life; who *nsubj* | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **give** | past | each *not said here* | man's steed | | | | a feed of corn *obj* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent steed=Recipient feed=Theme | 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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/11/83/) - next →: [Opening, part 12, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/12/1/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/11/)