--- title: Now will I make me ready, and ride hence without longer tarrying; me… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Now will I make me ready, and ride hence without longer tarrying; methinks, from the king's word, an he have Perceval he shall be freed from care--so will I ride hence for his honour." Who acts: I, an, king, Perceval. 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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, an, king, Perceval), 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:pg8447:2:59 # text = Now will I make me ready, and ride hence without longer tarrying; methinks, from the king's word, an he have Perceval he shall be freed from care--so will I ride hence for his honour." 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 ride ride VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 10 hence hence ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 without without ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 13 advmod _ _ 13 tarrying tarry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 methinks methink NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 from from ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 20 's 's PART POS _ 19 case _ _ 21 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 nsubj _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 parataxis _ _ 26 Perceval Perceval PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 freed free VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 parataxis _ _ 31 from from ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 -- -- PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 so so ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 35 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 ride ride VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 38 hence hence ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | future | I | me | | | now | ready *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Product | | 2 | **ride** | present | | methinks | | | | the king's word *parataxis*; hence *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **tarry** | gerund | | | | | | long *property* | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **have** | infinitive | an | Perceval | | | | king *nsubj* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent perceval=Patient | | 5 | **free** | shall · passive | | Perceval | | care | | | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Source | | 6 | **ride** | future | I | | | | | for Perceval's honour; hence *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **word** | | the king | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **honour** | | Perceval | | | | | | nom honour «state 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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