--- title: The Moor spake: "'Tis well said--God reward ye for this courtesy; bu… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: The Moor spake: "'Tis well said--God reward ye for this courtesy; but were it your will and pleasing to ye that I knew the names of ye two then i'sooth were I the blither withal!" Who acts: Tis, God, Moor spake. 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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 (Tis, God, Moor spake), 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:pg8447:3:69 # text = The Moor spake: "'Tis well said--God reward ye for this courtesy; but were it your will and pleasing to ye that I knew the names of ye two then i'sooth were I the blither withal!" 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Moor moor NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 spake speak NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Tis Tis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 -- -- PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 reward reward VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 13 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 obj _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 det _ _ 16 courtesy courtesy NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 24 pleasing please VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 36 csubj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 obl _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 nmod _ _ 34 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 appos _ _ 35 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ _ 36 i'sooth i'sooth NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ _ 37 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 blither blither ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 withal withal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ! ! PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 " " PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: express* *in a quote* | past | Tis | | | | | well *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **reward** *in a quote* | present | God | ye | | | | for this courtesy | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent ye=Theme for courtesy=Attribute | | 3 | **please** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | to ye | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **know** *in a quote* | past | Tis | the names of ye | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | past | the Moor spake | | | | | I *nsubj*; withal *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **name** *in a quote* | | | ye | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=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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