--- title: Thus stood the three in the open, and Sir Gawain spake to the Moor:… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Thus stood the three in the open, and Sir Gawain spake to the Moor: "Ye be foolish in that ye do such things--now, neither we nor ye are harmed, yet might ye lightly do that which should cost ye your life. Who acts: Ye. 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Weston, Opening, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ye), 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:pg8447:3:13 # text = Thus stood the three in the open, and Sir Gawain spake to the Moor: "Ye be foolish in that ye do such things--now, neither we nor ye are harmed, yet might ye lightly do that which should cost ye your life. 1 Thus thus ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 11 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 flat _ _ 12 spake speak NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Moor moor NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 Ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 nsubj _ _ 19 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 20 cop _ _ 20 foolish foolish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 advcl _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 obl _ _ 23 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 nsubj _ _ 24 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 25 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 -- -- PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 35 cc:preconj _ _ 31 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 32 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 35 cc _ _ 33 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 harmed harm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 39 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 41 nsubj _ _ 40 lightly lightly ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 44 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 cost cost VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 advcl _ _ 46 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 45 iobj _ _ 47 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | | the three | | the open | | Sir spake to the Moor *obl*; thus *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | Ye | | | that | | foolish *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **do** *in a quote* | present | ye | such things | | | now | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality | | 4 | **harm** *in a quote* | present · passive | | we | | | | ye *nsubj:pass* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 5 | **do** *in a quote* | might | ye | | | | | lightly *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **cost** *in a quote* | should | | your life | ye | | | which *nsubj* | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme ye=Beneficiary life=Value | 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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