--- title: And more will I tell ye; it chanced aforetime as ye may now learn, w… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: And more will I tell ye; it chanced aforetime as ye may now learn, when he came into the land of the Moors; there through his valiant deeds he won the heart of a maiden, she was my mother, by my troth. Who acts: I, straightway, ye, Sir. 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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 (I, straightway, ye, Sir), 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:pg8447:3:24 # text = And more will I tell ye; it chanced aforetime as ye may now learn, when he came into the land of the Moors; there through his valiant deeds he won the heart of a maiden, she was my mother, by my troth. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 chanced chance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 10 aforetime aforetime ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 nsubj _ _ 13 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ _ 15 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 advmod _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 20 into into ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Moors moor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 27 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 31 advmod _ _ 28 through through ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 valiant valiant NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 deeds deed VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 won win VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 ccomp _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 38 maiden maiden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 42 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 by by ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 troth troth NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | future | I | | ye | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent ye=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **chance** | past | straightway | | | | | aforetime *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **learn** | may | ye | | | | now | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **come** | past | Sir | | | the land of the Moors | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into land=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **deed** | present | Sir's valiant | | | there | | by my troth | tree rules | | 6 | **win** | past | Sir | the heart | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Eventuality | | 7 | **is** | past | valiant | | | | | of my maiden mother; my *nmod:poss* | tree rules | 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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