--- title: He found by the castle moat the lord of that burg and many of his fo… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: He found by the castle moat the lord of that burg and many of his folk with him; when he had dismounted on the turf he greeted them courteously, and the lord answered "God reward ye." Who acts: Sir, many, lord, God. 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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 (Sir, many, lord, God), 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:pg8447:5:71 # text = He found by the castle moat the lord of that burg and many of his folk with him; when he had dismounted on the turf he greeted them courteously, and the lord answered "God reward ye." 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 6 moat moat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 11 burg burg NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 13 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 nsubj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 dismounted dismount VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 conj _ _ 24 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 turf turf NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 greeted greet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 29 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 courteously courteously ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 36 " " PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 reward reward VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 ccomp _ _ 39 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 " " PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | Sir | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **moat** | present | | the lord of that burg | | | | by the castle | tree rules | | 3 | **dismount** | past · perfect | many of Sir's folk with Sir | | | the turf | | Sir *nsubj* | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **greet** *speech: greet* | past | Sir | the turf *not said here* | men *= man* | | | courteously *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 5 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the lord | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **reward** *in a quote* | infinitive | God | ye | | | | | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent ye=Recipient | 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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