--- title: But when Morien heard this he waxed so wrathful that he drew his swo… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: But when Morien heard this he waxed so wrathful that he drew his sword and rode among them where there was the greatest press, and slew there fifteen of the nobles who were fain to deny him his inheritance. Who acts: Morien, greatest press, nobles. 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Weston, Opening, part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Morien, greatest press, nobles), 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:pg8447:12:58 # text = But when Morien heard this he waxed so wrathful that he drew his sword and rode among them where there was the greatest press, and slew there fifteen of the nobles who were fain to deny him his inheritance. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 Morien Morien PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 5 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obj _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 waxed wax VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 wrathful wrathful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 17 among among ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ _ 19 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 21 advmod _ _ 20 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 21 expl _ _ 21 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 greatest great ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 24 amod _ _ 24 press press NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 slew slay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 28 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 27 advmod _ _ 29 fifteen fifteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 nobles noble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ _ 33 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 34 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 35 fain fain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 acl:relcl _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 deny deny VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 inheritance inheritance NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | Morien | this | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 2 | **wax** | past | Morien | | | | | wrathful *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **draw** | past | Morien | Morien's sword | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | | 4 | **ride** | past | Morien *not said here* | | | | | among Gawain | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **be** | past | the greatest press | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **slay** | past | Morien *not said here* | fifteen of the nobles | | there | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | past | the nobles | | | | | fain *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **deny** | to-infinitive | the nobles *not said here* | Morien | | | | Morien's inheritance *obj* | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme inheritance=Eventuality | | 9 | **inherit** | | Morien | | | | | | nom inheritance «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/12/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/12/59/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/12/)