--- title: There saw they the hermit, who seemed to them a right good man; and… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: There saw they the hermit, who seemed to them a right good man; and they dismounted at his little window, and asked his tidings, if perchance a knight in red armour had passed that way? Who acts: hermit, letters. 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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 (hermit, letters), 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:pg8447:4:5 # text = There saw they the hermit, who seemed to them a right good man; and they dismounted at his little window, and asked his tidings, if perchance a knight in red armour had passed that way? 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 hermit hermit NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 right right ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 dismounted dismount VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 19 at at ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 21 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 tidings tiding NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 29 if if SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 30 perchance perchance NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 armour armour NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 ccomp _ _ 38 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 det _ _ 39 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | | letters *= letter* | | there | | the hermit *obj* | tree rules | | 2 | **seem** | past | the hermit | a good man | letters *= letter* | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **dismount** | past | letters *= letter* | | | man's little window | | | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | | man's tidings | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent tiding=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **pass** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive | | perchance | | | | that way *obl:unmarked*; a knight in red armour *nsubj:pass* | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory | 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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