--- title: My father hath lain sick, seven year long, and hath lost his goods,… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: My father hath lain sick, seven year long, and hath lost his goods, and now lieth in sore straits; he may neither ride nor walk nor stand upon his feet, he suffereth much. Who acts: father. 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 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (father), 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:pg8447:5:22 # text = My father hath lain sick, seven year long, and hath lost his goods, and now lieth in sore straits; he may neither ride nor walk nor stand upon his feet, he suffereth much. 1 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 hath have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 lain lie VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 xcomp _ _ 5 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 9 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 hath have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 13 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 goods goods NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ _ 19 lieth lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 sore sore ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 straits strait NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 27 cc:preconj _ _ 27 ride ride VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 28 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 29 cc _ _ 29 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 30 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 31 cc _ _ 31 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 32 upon upon ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 suffereth suffer VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 38 much much ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | My father | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **lie** | participle | My father *not said here* | | | | | sick *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **have** | present | My father *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **lose** | past | My father *not said here* | father's goods | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goods=Eventuality | | 5 | **lie** | present | My father *not said here* | | | sore straits | now | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in strait=Location | | 6 | **ride** | may | father | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **walk** | infinitive | father *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **stand** | infinitive | father *not said here* | | | father's feet | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon foot=Location | | 9 | **suffer** | present | father | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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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