--- title: Men say oft, and 'tis true, as was here well proven, that he who rec… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Men say oft, and 'tis true, as was here well proven, that he who recks not of his ways, but doeth that which is displeasing alike to God and to the world, he was born in an evil hour. Who acts: Men, Tis. 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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 (Men, Tis), 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:pg8447:5:66 # text = Men say oft, and 'tis true, as was here well proven, that he who recks not of his ways, but doeth that which is displeasing alike to God and to the world, he was born in an evil hour. 1 Men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 oft oft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 tis tis NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 as as ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 14 obl _ _ 13 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 14 advmod _ _ 14 proven prove VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 19 recks reck VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 ways way NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 doeth do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 28 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 displeasing displease VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 alike alike ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 xcomp _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 advcl _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Men | oft | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent oft=Topic | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | | | here *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **prove** | participle | | | | | | well *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **reck** | present | Tis | | | | | of Sir's ways; who *nsubj* | tree rules | | 5 | **do** | present | Tis *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **displease** | present · progressive | | | God and the world | | | which *nsubj*; alike *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **bear** | past · passive | | | | | hour | Sir *nsubj:pass* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | 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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