--- title: There did a knight lose his life, he and his wife with him; well did… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: There did a knight lose his life, he and his wife with him; well did they deserve that their memory should be held in honour by the friends of our Lord, for they made a right good ending! Who acts: knight, steeds, friends. 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Weston, Opening, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (knight, steeds, friends), 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:pg8447:4:12 # text = There did a knight lose his life, he and his wife with him; well did they deserve that their memory should be held in honour by the friends of our Lord, for they made a right good ending! 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 19 advmod _ _ 17 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 deserve deserve VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 21 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 memory memory NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 advcl _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 28 by by ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 for for SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 parataxis _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 39 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 40 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 ending ending NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | knight | | | there | | | tree rules | | 2 | **lose** | infinitive | a knight | knight's life | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Eventuality | | 3 | **deserve** | past · do-support | steeds *= steed* | | | | | well *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **hold** | should · passive | the friends of our Lord | steeds's memory | | honour | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent subject=Theme in honour=Location | | 5 | **make** | past | steeds *= steed* | a right good ending | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset ending=Product | 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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