--- title: Then said the cruel knight: "For ye, fool and meddler, whether ye be… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Then said the cruel knight: "For ye, fool and meddler, whether ye be knight or no, will I not stay my hand, nay, rather for your shame, will I chastise her the more; and should ye but speak another word to her I shall thrust ye straightway from your steed with my spear!" Who acts: ye, I, your. 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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 (ye, I, your), 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:pg8447:4:92 # text = Then said the cruel knight: "For ye, fool and meddler, whether ye be knight or no, will I not stay my hand, nay, rather for your shame, will I chastise her the more; and should ye but speak another word to her I shall thrust ye straightway from your steed with my spear!" 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 cruel cruel ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 For for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 fool fool NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 meddler meddler NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 nsubj _ _ 17 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 cop _ _ 18 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 19 or or CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 22 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 26 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 nay nay INTJ UH _ 25 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 rather rather ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 shame shame NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 chastise chastise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 39 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 44 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 45 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 47 nsubj _ _ 46 but but CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 48 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 49 det _ _ 49 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 to to SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 51 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 52 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 53 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 thrust thrust VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 advcl _ _ 55 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 54 obj _ _ 56 straightway straightway NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 57 from from ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 59 steed steed NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 60 with with ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 62 nmod:poss _ _ 62 spear spear NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: express* | past | | the cruel knight | | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | infinitive | ye | knight | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **stay** *in a quote* | future | I | my hand | | | | for fool ye and meddler and knight | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme hand=Location | | 4 | **chastise** *in a quote* | future | I | maiden | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 5 | **speak** *speech: other* *in a quote* | should | ye | another word | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **thrust** *in a quote* | shall | I | ye | | your steed with my spear | | maiden *nmod:poss*; straightway *obj* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent ye=Destination straightway=Theme | | 7 | **shame** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom shame «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | 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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/4/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/4/93/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/4/)