--- title: An it so befall that ye fare thitherward ye shall find such a marvel… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: An it so befall that ye fare thitherward ye shall find such a marvel that would ye dare the venture, and amend the wrong it shall cost ye life and limb, that do I tell ye here. Who acts: life, ye, marvel, that. 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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 (life, ye, marvel, that), 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:pg8447:4:27 # text = An it so befall that ye fare thitherward ye shall find such a marvel that would ye dare the venture, and amend the wrong it shall cost ye life and limb, that do I tell ye here. 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 befall befall VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 nsubj _ _ 7 fare fare VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 8 thitherward thitherward NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nsubj _ _ 10 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl:relcl _ _ 12 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 14 det:predet _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 marvel marvel NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 16 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 nsubj _ _ 18 dare dare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 acl:relcl _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 venture venture NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 amend amend VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 obj _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 cost cost VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 29 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 iobj _ _ 30 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 limb limb NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 37 nsubj _ _ 35 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 38 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 iobj _ _ 39 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **befall** | present | life | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **fare** | present | ye | thitherward | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **find** | shall | ye | such marvel | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent marvel=Topic | | 4 | **dare** | would | such marvel | the venture | | | | ye *nsubj* | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent venture=Recipient | | 5 | **amend** | present | life *not said here* | the wrong | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **cost** | shall | life | life and limb | ye | | | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme ye=Beneficiary life=Value | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | that | | ye | here | | I *nsubj* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent ye=Recipient | 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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/4/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/4/28/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/4/)