--- title: Thereto is he of such might that I ween his equal may scarce be foun… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Thereto is he of such might that I ween his equal may scarce be found in Christendom; that may I also say in truth, since such ill chance befell me that I met with him when my intent was evil, and not good." Who acts: knight, I, such ill chance, intent. 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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 (knight, I, such ill chance, intent), 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:pg8447:2:28 # text = Thereto is he of such might that I ween his equal may scarce be found in Christendom; that may I also say in truth, since such ill chance befell me that I met with him when my intent was evil, and not good." 1 Thereto thereto ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 ween ween VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 11 equal equal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 13 scarce scarce ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 parataxis _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Christendom Christendom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 19 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 obl _ _ 20 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 also also ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 since since SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 29 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 befell befall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ _ 32 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ _ 38 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 42 advmod _ _ 39 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 intent intent NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 42 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 46 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | might · present | knight | | | | | that *obl*; I *nsubj*; thereto, ween *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **find** | may · passive | | equal | | Christendom | | knight *nmod:poss* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | may | I | | | truth | | | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in truth=Manner | | 4 | **befall** | past | such ill chance | me | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **meet** | past | I | | | | | with knight | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with he=Co-Agent | | 6 | **is** | past | my intent | | | | | evil *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **intend** | | my | | | | | | nom intent «cognition 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/2/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/2/29/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/2/)