--- title: Yet might I live, and would God grant to me that all ye who sit here… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Yet might I live, and would God grant to me that all ye who sit here beside me might hear my words, I had fain spoken with the king, whom I sought as best I might, in that I would not be forsworn; needs must I come hither!" Who acts: I, God, ye, all. 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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, God, ye, all), 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:pg8447:2:3 # text = Yet might I live, and would God grant to me that all ye who sit here beside me might hear my words, I had fain spoken with the king, whom I sought as best I might, in that I would not be forsworn; needs must I come hither!" 1 Yet yet CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 grant grant VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 13 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 21 nsubj _ _ 14 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 nsubj _ _ 15 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 16 sit sit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 17 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ _ 18 beside beside ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nmod _ _ 20 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 22 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 27 fain fain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 xcomp _ _ 28 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 obj _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 36 as as ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 35 obj _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 41 in in SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 44 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 45 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 47 advmod _ _ 46 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 aux:pass _ _ 47 forsworn forswear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ; ; PUNCT : _ 52 punct _ _ 49 needs need NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 nsubj _ _ 50 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 51 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 53 hither hither ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ! ! PUNCT . _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 " " PUNCT '' _ 52 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | might | I | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **grant** | would | God | | me | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to i=Goal | | 3 | **sit** | present | ye | | | here | | who *nsubj* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **hear** | might | all beside me | my words | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 5 | **have** | past | I | | | | | fain *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **speak** *speech: other* | participle | | | | | | with the king | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with king=Co-Agent | | 7 | **seek** | past | I | the king | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **forswear** | would · passive | | I | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **come** | must | needs | | | | | I *nsubj*; hither *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **word** | | my | | | | | | nom word «communication 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. 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