--- title: Now have I told ye the truth concerning these two roads, and what ma… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Now have I told ye the truth concerning these two roads, and what may befall ye therein; for the third, it leadeth hereby to the sea coast; I know not what I may say more." Who acts: I, road. 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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 (I, road), 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:pg8447:4:33 # text = Now have I told ye the truth concerning these two roads, and what may befall ye therein; for the third, it leadeth hereby to the sea coast; I know not what I may say more." 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 iobj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 concerning concern VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 9 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 10 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 roads road NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 16 obj _ _ 15 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 befall befall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 17 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 obj _ _ 18 therein therein ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 16 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 leadeth lead VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 26 hereby hereby ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 coast coast NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 35 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 38 obj _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 ccomp _ _ 39 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 " " PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · perfect | I | the truth | ye | | now | | tree rules | | 2 | **concern** | gerund | I *not said here* | this two roads | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus road=Experiencer | | 3 | **befall** | may | I *not said here* | ye | | | | what *obj*; therein *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **lead** | present | road | | | | | to the sea coast; hereby *property* | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to coast=Patient | | 5 | **not** **know** | present | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | may | I | more | | | | what *obj* | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme more=Manner | 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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