--- title: So far went the matter between them through their words and through… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: So far went the matter between them through their words and through his courtesy, and because he was so fair to look upon, that she gave him all his will--the which brought her small reward, and great sorrow. Who acts: Sir, valiant, twas. 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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 (Sir, valiant, twas), 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:pg8447:3:25 # text = So far went the matter between them through their words and through his courtesy, and because he was so fair to look upon, that she gave him all his will--the which brought her small reward, and great sorrow. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 between between ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nmod _ _ 8 through through ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 through through ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 courtesy courtesy NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 17 because because SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 20 so so ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 csubj _ _ 24 upon upon ADP IN _ 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 iobj _ _ 30 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 32 det:predet _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 -- -- PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 38 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 reward reward NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 sorrow sorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | | the matter | | twas's words and Sir's courtesy | | between twas *= twa*; far *property* | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location matter=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | Sir | | | | | fair *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **look** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **give** | past | valiant | | Sir | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **bring** | past | | valiant's small reward | | | | great sorrow *obl*; which *nsubj* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent reward=Theme | | 6 | **word** | | twas *= twa* | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **reward** | | valiant | | | | | | nom reward «event transitive»: poss=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. 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