--- title: Tell him, and give him to wit who ye be, and whence ye come, and the… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Tell him, and give him to wit who ye be, and whence ye come, and the quest upon which ye ride; he will not let ye depart ere we come and bring with us your father, an God prosper us. Who acts: you, ye, king, we. 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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 (you, ye, king, we), 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:pg8447:3:58 # text = Tell him, and give him to wit who ye be, and whence ye come, and the quest upon which ye ride; he will not let ye depart ere we come and bring with us your father, an God prosper us. 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 wit wit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Int 8 ccomp _ _ 10 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 9 nsubj _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 whence whence ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 15 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 nsubj _ _ 16 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 quest quest NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 upon upon ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 obl _ _ 23 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 nsubj _ _ 24 ride ride VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 parataxis _ _ 30 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 obj _ _ 31 depart depart VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 ere ere NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 33 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 bring bring VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ _ 39 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 appos _ _ 44 prosper prosper VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 acl _ _ 45 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | king | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 2 | **give** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | king | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **wit** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** | infinitive | ye | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **come** | present | ye | the quest | | | | whence *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **ride** | present | ye | | | | | upon the quest | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **not** **let** | future | king | ye | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **depart** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | ere | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ere=Initial\_Location | | 9 | **come** | present | we | ere *not said here* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location ere=Theme | | 10 | **bring** | present | king *not said here* | | your father | | | with us | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument father=Destination | | 11 | **prosper** | infinitive | a God *not said here* | us | | | | | 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. 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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/3/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/3/59/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/3/)