--- title: The folk hath fled out of the land, none may withstand that beast, n… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: The folk hath fled out of the land, none may withstand that beast, no shaft is so fell as the venom which he shooteth on all who near him; and the man whom it reacheth, and upon whom it shall light (I am he who lieth not), he dieth ere the third day be past, had he never a wound upon him. 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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 (none, venom, folk, 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:pg8447:4:45 # text = The folk hath fled out of the land, none may withstand that beast, no shaft is so fell as the venom which he shooteth on all who near him; and the man whom it reacheth, and upon whom it shall light (I am he who lieth not), he dieth ere the third day be past, had he never a wound upon him. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 fled flee VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 12 nsubj _ _ 11 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 withstand withstand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 13 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 det _ _ 14 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 17 det _ _ 17 shaft shaft NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 19 so so ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 21 as as ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 venom venom NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 shooteth shoot VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 27 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 26 obl _ _ 29 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 28 nmod _ _ 30 near near ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 nsubj _ _ 36 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 obj _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 reacheth reach VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 upon upon ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 obj _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 46 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 48 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 51 nsubj _ _ 51 lieth lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 52 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 51 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 dieth die VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 57 ere ere ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 59 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 60 amod _ _ 60 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nsubj _ _ 61 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 62 cop _ _ 62 past past ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 64 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 65 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 nsubj _ _ 66 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 68 advmod _ _ 67 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 wound wound NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obj _ _ 69 upon upon ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 70 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flee** | present · passive | | the folk | | the land | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **withstand** | may | none | that beast and no shaft | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | present | | | | | | as the venom; fall *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **shoot** | present | the venom | | | all | | man *nsubj* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent on all=Destination | | 5 | **reach** | present | folk | | the man | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent whom=Beneficiary whom=Theme | | 6 | **light** | shall | folk | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **is** | present | I | | | | | man *nsubj*; who *nsubj*; lie *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **die** | present | man | | | | | ere *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 9 | **is** | infinitive | the third day | | | | | past *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **have** | past | the man | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **not** **wound** | | man | | | | | upon light | 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. 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/4/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/4/46/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/4/)