--- title: Then each drew his sword from its sheath, and set to work therewith,… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Then each drew his sword from its sheath, and set to work therewith, and of a sooth, had not God Himself so willed it both had died there; so mighty were their strokes that by right no man should escape alive. Who acts: each, Sir, man. 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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 (each, Sir, man), 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:pg8447:2:90 # text = Then each drew his sword from its sheath, and set to work therewith, and of a sooth, had not God Himself so willed it both had died there; so mighty were their strokes that by right no man should escape alive. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 3 nsubj _ _ 3 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 sheath sheath NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 therewith therewith ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 sooth sooth NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 21 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 23 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 Himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 26 nsubj _ _ 25 so so ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 willed will VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 both both ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 died die VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 31 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 so so ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 35 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 strokes stroke NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 38 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 obj _ _ 39 by by ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 right right ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 41 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 42 det _ _ 42 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 43 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 acl:relcl _ _ 45 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **draw** | past | each | Sir's sword | | sword's sheath | then | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent sword=Theme from sheath=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **set** | infinitive | each *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **work** | to-infinitive | each *not said here* | | | | | therewith *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **have** | past | each *not said here* | God | | | | of a sooth | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=Patient | | 5 | **will** | past | Sir | sword | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 6 | **die** | past · perfect | Sir *not said here* | | | there | | both *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 7 | **is a** | past | | devil's mighty strokes | | | | devil *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 8 | **escape** | should | no man | devil's mighty strokes | | | | alive, right *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme that=Initial\_Location | 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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/2/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/2/90/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/2/)