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title: He drew forth from his pouch a root that had this virtue, that it st… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics
description: He drew forth from his pouch a root that had this virtue, that it stayed the flow of blood and strengthened the feeble; he placed it in the knight's mouth, and bade him eat a little; therewith was his heart lightened, and he began to eat and to drink, and forgat somewhat of his pain. Who acts: God, 
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# Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 2, sentence 5

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He drew forth from his pouch a root that had this virtue, that it stayed the flow of blood and strengthened the feeble; he placed it in the knight's mouth, and bade him eat a little; therewith was his heart lightened, and he began to eat and to drink, and forgat somewhat of his pain.

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**Who acts:** God, root, virtue, heart, blood · **What happens:** draw, have, stay, strengthen, place, eat · **To what, where:** root, virtue, flow, feeble, mouth, bade

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This is a sentence of «Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch» by Jessie L. 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 (God, root, virtue, heart), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg8447:2:5
# text = He drew forth from his pouch a root that had this virtue, that it stayed the flow of blood and strengthened the feeble; he placed it in the knight's mouth, and bade him eat a little; therewith was his heart lightened, and he began to eat and to drink, and forgat somewhat of his pain.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	drew	draw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	pouch	pouch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	root	root	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	det	_	_
12	virtue	virtue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	flow	flow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	strengthened	strengthen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	conj	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	feeble	feeble	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
26	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj	_	_
27	placed	place	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
28	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	obj	_	_
29	in	in	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	's	's	PART	POS	_	31	case	_	_
33	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
36	bade	bade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	_
37	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	38	nsubj	_	_
38	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
39	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
42	therewith	therewith	ADV	RB	_	45	advmod	_	_
43	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	45	cop	_	_
44	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	45	nmod:poss	_	_
45	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	nsubj:pass	_	_
46	lightened	lighten	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
48	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	50	cc	_	_
49	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	nsubj	_	_
50	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
51	to	to	PART	TO	_	52	mark	_	_
52	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	50	xcomp	_	_
53	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	55	cc	_	_
54	to	to	PART	TO	_	55	mark	_	_
55	drink	drink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	52	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
57	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	_
58	forgat	forgat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	obl	_	_
59	somewhat	somewhat	ADV	RB	_	62	advmod	_	_
60	of	of	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
61	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	62	nmod:poss	_	_
62	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | past | God | a root |  |  |  | from God's pouch; forth *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from pouch=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **have** | past | a root | this virtue |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent virtue=Patient |
| 3 | **stay** | past | virtue | the flow of blood |  |  |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme flow=Location |
| 4 | **strengthen** | past | virtue *not said here* | the feeble |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent feeble=Patient |
| 5 | **place** | past | God | flow |  | the knight's mouth |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in mouth=Destination |
| 6 | **eat** | present | God | bade |  |  |  | a little *obl:unmarked* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **is a** | past |  | God's heart |  |  |  | God *nmod:poss*; therewith *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **lighten** | participle · passive |  | God's heart |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |
| 9 | **begin** | past | heart | forgat of God's pain |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 10 | **eat** | to-infinitive | heart *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 11 | **drink** | to-infinitive | heart *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 12 | **flow** |  | blood |  |  |  |  |  | nom flow «event intransitive»: of=agent |
| 13 | **pain** |  | God |  |  |  |  |  | nom pain «state transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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