--- title: My tithes had I sold, I had spent all my goods, and pledged all my h… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: My tithes had I sold, I had spent all my goods, and pledged all my heritage, so that of all that my father left when he departed from this world there remained to me nothing. Who acts: tithes, I, father. 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Weston, Opening, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (tithes, I, father), 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:pg8447:2:11 # text = My tithes had I sold, I had spent all my goods, and pledged all my heritage, so that of all that my father left when he departed from this world there remained to me nothing. 1 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 tithes tithe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 sold sell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 spent spend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 10 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 12 det:predet _ _ 11 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 goods goods NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 pledged pledge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 16 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 18 det:predet _ _ 17 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 heritage heritage NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 so so SCONJ IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 21 obl _ _ 24 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 obj _ _ 25 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 28 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 departed depart VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 31 from from ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 det _ _ 33 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 30 advmod _ _ 35 remained remain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 conj _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ _ 38 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | My tithes | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **sell** | past | I | | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **spend** | past · perfect | I | my goods | | | | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goods=Asset | | 4 | **pledge** | past | | my heritage | | | | that *obj* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent heritage=Goal that=Theme | | 5 | **leave** | past | my father | that | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme | | 6 | **depart** | past | father | | | this world; there | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from world=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **remain** | participle | my father *not said here* | nothing | me | | | | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme nothing=Attribute | 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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