--- title: They who will be ever fighting, and ne'er avoid a combat, an they ho… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: They who will be ever fighting, and ne'er avoid a combat, an they hold such custom for long, though at whiles they escape, yet shall they find their master, who will perforce change their mood! Who acts: knight, master. 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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 (knight, master), 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:pg8447:3:60 # text = They who will be ever fighting, and ne'er avoid a combat, an they hold such custom for long, though at whiles they escape, yet shall they find their master, who will perforce change their mood! 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 5 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 6 advmod _ _ 6 fighting fight VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 ne'er ne'er NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 avoid avoid VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 combat combat NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 hold hold VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 17 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 custom custom NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 though though ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 whiles while NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 escape escape VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 find find VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 32 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 36 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 perforce perforce VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 acl:relcl _ _ 38 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 39 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 mood mood NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ! ! PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | future | knight | | | | ever | who *nsubj*; fight *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **avoid** | infinitive | knight *not said here* | a combat | | | while | ne'er *compound* | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent combat=Location | | 3 | **hold** | present | knight | such custom | | | | for long | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent custom=Theme | | 4 | **escape** | present | knight | whiles *not said here* | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme while=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **find** | shall | knight | knight's master | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent master=Topic | | 6 | **perforce** | future | knight's master | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **change** | infinitive | knight *not said here* | knight's mood | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mood=Patient | 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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