--- title: Yet had I given much in largesse, for I had frequented many a tourne… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Yet had I given much in largesse, for I had frequented many a tourney and Table Round where I had scattered my goods; whosoever craved aught of me, whether for want or for reward, were he page, were he messenger, never did he depart empty-handed. Who acts: I, whosoever, Table, page. 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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 (I, whosoever, Table, page), 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:pg8447:2:13 # text = Yet had I given much in largesse, for I had frequented many a tourney and Table Round where I had scattered my goods; whosoever craved aught of me, whether for want or for reward, were he page, were he messenger, never did he depart empty-handed. 1 Yet yet CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 much much ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 largesse largesse NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 for for SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 frequented frequent VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 13 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 tourney tourney NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 Table Table PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 18 Round Round PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 flat _ _ 19 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 22 advmod _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 scattered scatter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 acl:relcl _ _ 23 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 goods goods NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 whosoever whosoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 27 craved crave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 28 aught aught PRON NN PronType=Ind 27 obj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 32 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 want want NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 35 or or CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 reward reward NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 39 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 page page NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 43 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 messenger messenger NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 50 advmod _ _ 48 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 depart depart VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 51 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 handed hand VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 50 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past · perfect | I | | | largesse | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **frequent** | past · perfect | I | a many tourney and Table | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **scatter** | past · perfect | I | my goods | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent goods=Theme | | 4 | **crave** | past | whosoever | aught of me | | | | | vn want-32.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot aught=Theme | | 5 | **is a** | past | Table | page | | | | for want or reward | tree rules | | 6 | **is a** | past | page | messenger | | | | Table *nsubj* | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **depart** | past · do-support | Table | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **hand** | participle | Table *not said here* | | | | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/2/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/2/14/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/2/)