--- title: When he beheld the knights, and drew nigh to them, and the one had g… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: When he beheld the knights, and drew nigh to them, and the one had greeted the other, he cried aloud to Sir Lancelot: "Knight, now give me to wit of one thing which I desire, or guard ye against my spear. Who acts: knight. 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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 (knight), 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:pg8447:2:76 # text = When he beheld the knights, and drew nigh to them, and the one had greeted the other, he cried aloud to Sir Lancelot: "Knight, now give me to wit of one thing which I desire, or guard ye against my spear. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 beheld behold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 knights knight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 nigh nigh ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 greeted greet VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 23 aloud aloud ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 Lancelot Lancelot PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 27 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 28 " " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 Knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 32 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 acl:relcl _ _ 33 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 iobj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 wit wit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 nummod _ _ 38 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 obj _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 desire desire VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 or or CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 guard guard VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 45 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 44 obj _ _ 46 against against ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 spear spear NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **behold** | past | knight | the knights | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer knight=Stimulus | | 2 | **draw** | past | knight *not said here* | | shield | | | nigh *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to they=Destination | | 3 | **greet** *speech: greet* | past · perfect · passive | | the one | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | knight | Knight | Sir | | | aloud *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to sir=Recipient | | 5 | **give** *in a quote* | infinitive | Knight *not said here* | | knight | | now | | tree rules | | 6 | **wit** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Knight *not said here* | | | | | of one thing | tree rules | | 7 | **desire** *in a quote* | present | knight | one thing | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot which=Theme | | 8 | **guard** *in a quote* | infinitive | Knight *not said here* | ye | | | | against my spear | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent ye=Beneficiary against spear=Theme | 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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