--- title: I shall tell ye herewith my custom; what knight soever I may meet, w… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: I shall tell ye herewith my custom; what knight soever I may meet, were he stronger than five men, and I knew it well, yet would I not hold my hand for fear or favour, but he should answer me, or I should fight against him. Who acts: I, truth. 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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, truth), 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:pg8447:2:78 # text = I shall tell ye herewith my custom; what knight soever I may meet, were he stronger than five men, and I knew it well, yet would I not hold my hand for fear or favour, but he should answer me, or I should fight against him. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 3 iobj _ _ 5 herewith herewith ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 6 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 custom custom NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 9 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 10 nsubj _ _ 10 knight knight VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 11 soever soever ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 stronger strong ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 10 conj _ _ 19 than than ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nummod _ _ 21 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 30 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 33 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 34 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 38 or or CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 favour favour NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 but but CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 answer answer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 45 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 or or CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 48 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 conj _ _ 51 against against ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | shall | I | my custom | ye | | | herewith *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent ye=Recipient custom=Topic | | 2 | **knight** | present | | | | | | what *nsubj*; soever *property* | vn orphan-29.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **meet** | may | I | | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | truth | | | | | than five men; strong *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **know** | past | I | custom | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 6 | **not** **hold** | would | I | my hand | | | | for fear or favour | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme | | 7 | **answer** *speech: assert* | should | truth | | me | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent i=Eventuality | | 8 | **fight** | should | I | | | | | against truth | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=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. 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. - ← previous: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/2/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/2/78/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/2/)