--- title: Erst when the service was ended came King Arthur to the knight as he… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Erst when the service was ended came King Arthur to the knight as he lay, and said: "God give ye good-day, dear Sir Knight; tell me who hath wounded ye so sorely, and how came ye by your hurt? Who acts: service, Erst, knight, God. 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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 (service, Erst, knight, God), 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:pg8447:2:6 # text = Erst when the service was ended came King Arthur to the knight as he lay, and said: "God give ye good-day, dear Sir Knight; tell me who hath wounded ye so sorely, and how came ye by your hurt? 1 Erst erst ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 nsubj _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 6 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 ended ended ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 advcl _ _ 7 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 Arthur Arthur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 20 " " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 23 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 22 iobj _ _ 24 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 29 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 Knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 parataxis _ _ 33 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 iobj _ _ 34 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 35 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 wounded wound VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 ccomp _ _ 37 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 36 obj _ _ 38 so so ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 sorely sorely ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 43 advmod _ _ 43 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 44 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 43 nsubj _ _ 45 by by ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 hurt hurt NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the service | | | | | ended *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **come** | past | Erst | King Arthur | | | | to the knight | tree rules | | 3 | **lie** | past | knight | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | knight *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **give** *in a quote* | infinitive | God | dear Sir Knight | ye | | day | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ye=Theme | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | | | knight | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **wound** *in a quote* | present · passive | | ye | | | | who *nsubj*; sorely *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer ye=Result | | 8 | **come** *in a quote* | past | ye | | | | | by your hurt | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by hurt=Location | | 9 | **hurt** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom hurt «state intransitive»: 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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