--- title: And if it be that ye find them, then I charge and conjure ye, by my… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: And if it be that ye find them, then I charge and conjure ye, by my will and your valour, that if ye may, ye shall bring them with ye and return hither to this place. Who acts: road, I, ye. A sentence of «Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch» by Jessie L. 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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 (road, I, 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:pg8447:4:37 # text = And if it be that ye find them, then I charge and conjure ye, by my will and your valour, that if ye may, ye shall bring them with ye and return hither to this place. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 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 find find VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 10 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 charge charge VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 conjure conjure VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 15 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 17 by by ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 18 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 19 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 valour valour NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 25 if if SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 nsubj _ _ 27 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 29 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 nsubj _ _ 30 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 obl _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 37 hither hither ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 det _ _ 40 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | infinitive | road | | | | | ye *nsubj*; needs *= need* *obj*; find *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **charge** | present | I | | | | then | by my valour | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by valour=Trajectory | | 3 | **conjure** | present | I *not said here* | ye | | | | | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ye=Result | | 4 | **bring** | shall | ye | needs *= need* | | | | with ye | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 5 | **return** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | | | | | to this place *result*; hither *property* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to place=Result | 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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