--- title: And do the hermit to wit how matters have gone with ye, that he may… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: And do the hermit to wit how matters have gone with ye, that he may tell me the truth thereof if peradventure I too come hither, and the knight shall go with ye, and God keep ye both since we be now come to this point. Who acts: you, matters, hermit, I. 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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 (you, matters, hermit, I), 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:pg8447:4:39 # text = And do the hermit to wit how matters have gone with ye, that he may tell me the truth thereof if peradventure I too come hither, and the knight shall go with ye, and God keep ye both since we be now come to this point. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 do do VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 hermit hermit NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 wit wit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 7 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 8 matters matter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 9 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 parataxis _ _ 18 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 iobj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 22 if if SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 23 peradventure peradventure ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 too too ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 ccomp _ _ 27 hither hither ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 32 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 parataxis _ _ 40 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 39 obj _ _ 41 both both ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 42 since since SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 43 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 46 aux _ _ 45 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 46 advmod _ _ 46 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 49 det _ _ 49 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | imperative | you *not said here* | the hermit | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hermit=Eventuality | | 2 | **wit** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | present · perfect | matters | | | | | with ye | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with ye=Beneficiary | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | may | hermit | the truth | me | | | thereof *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **come** | present | I | | | | | hither, peradventure *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **go** | shall | the knight | | | | | with ye | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with ye=Beneficiary | | 7 | **keep** | present | God | ye | | | | both *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ye=Theme | | 8 | **come** | infinitive | we | | | this point | now | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to point=Initial\_Location | 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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