--- title: When he is well entreated, and men do naught to vex him, then is he… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: When he is well entreated, and men do naught to vex him, then is he gentle as a lamb, but an ye rouse him to wrath then is he the fiercest wight of God's making--in such wise is he fashioned. Who acts: men, Perceval, ye, such wise. 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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 (men, Perceval, ye, such wise), 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:pg8447:2:49 # text = When he is well entreated, and men do naught to vex him, then is he gentle as a lamb, but an ye rouse him to wrath then is he the fiercest wight of God's making--in such wise is he fashioned. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 5 entreated entreat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 10 naught naught PRON NN PronType=Neg 9 obj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 vex vex VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 acl _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 gentle gentle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 19 as as ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 lamb lamb NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 26 nsubj _ _ 26 rouse rouse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 wrath wrath VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 30 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ _ 31 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 fiercest fierce ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 35 amod _ _ 35 wight weight NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 parataxis _ _ 36 of of SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 38 's 's PART POS _ 37 case _ _ 39 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 -- -- PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 in in SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 42 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 nsubj _ _ 44 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 fashioned fashioned ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **entreat** | present · passive | | Perceval | | | | well *property* | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient | | 2 | **do** | present | men | naught | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent naught=Eventuality | | 3 | **vex** | to-infinitive | men *not said here* | Perceval | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** | present | Perceval | | | | then | as a lamb; gentle *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **rouse** | infinitive | ye | Perceval | | | | | vn stimulate-59.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 6 | **wrath** | to-infinitive | Perceval *not said here* | | | | then | | tree rules | | 7 | **is a** | present | Perceval | the fiercest wight | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **make** | gerund | Perceval *not said here* | | | | | God *nmod:poss* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 9 | **is** | present | such wise | | | | | Perceval *nsubj*; fashioned *property* | tree rules | 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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