--- title: And the host spake, "So may good befall me in soul and body as I sha… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: And the host spake, "So may good befall me in soul and body as I shall give to you in friendship, even to the uttermost, all that belongeth unto this even; lodging will I give ye, and food, ham and venison. Who acts: host spake, lord, that. 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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 (host spake, lord, that), 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:pg8447:5:75 # text = And the host spake, "So may good befall me in soul and body as I shall give to you in friendship, even to the uttermost, all that belongeth unto this even; lodging will I give ye, and food, ham and venison. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 spake speak NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 So so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 8 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 advcl _ _ 10 befall befall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 11 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 friendship friendship NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 even even ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 uttermost uttermost NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 32 det:predet _ _ 31 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 nsubj _ _ 32 belongeth belong VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 33 unto unto ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 obl _ _ 35 even even ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 lodging lodge VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 nsubj _ _ 38 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 41 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 40 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 ham ham NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 conj _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 venison venison NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **befall** *in a quote* | infinitive | the host spake | the lord *= lord* | | soul and body | | | tree rules | | 2 | **give** *in a quote* | shall | the lord *= lord* | the uttermost | you | friendship | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent uttermost=Theme to you=Recipient | | 3 | **belong** *in a quote* | present | that | | | | | unto this | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **lodge** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **give** *in a quote* | future | | food and ham and venison | ye | | | I *nsubj* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent ye=Recipient food=Theme | 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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