--- title: Of this was his wife so sorrowful that for grief and woe her heart b… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Of this was his wife so sorrowful that for grief and woe her heart brake, and so did they die here, the twain of them, even at the cross roads, where ye see the fair cross, where now many a judgment is spoken. ' Who acts: this, steeds, ye. 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' **Who acts:** this, steeds, ye · **What happens:** be, die, see, speak · **To what, where:** heart brake, fair cross, many judgment · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch» by Jessie L. 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 (this, steeds, ye), 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:pg8447:4:15 # text = Of this was his wife so sorrowful that for grief and woe her heart brake, and so did they die here, the twain of them, even at the cross roads, where ye see the fair cross, where now many a judgment is spoken. ' 1 Of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 sorrowful sorrowful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 grief grief NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 woe woe NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 brake brake NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 so so ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 19 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 acl:relcl _ _ 22 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 twain twain NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 even even ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 30 at at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 cross cross NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 roads road NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 37 advmod _ _ 36 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 nsubj _ _ 37 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 cross cross NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 42 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 48 advmod _ _ 43 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 44 advmod _ _ 44 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 judgment judgment NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj:pass _ _ 47 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux:pass _ _ 48 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ 50 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | this | | | | | of knight's wife; knight *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 2 | **die** | past · do-support | steeds *= steed* | wife's heart brake *not said here* | | here | | | tree rules | | 3 | **see** | present | ye | the fair cross | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cross=Stimulus | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | present · passive | | a many judgment | | | | | 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. 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