--- title: So came they into the hall, a great company of folk, and cried with… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: So came they into the hall, a great company of folk, and cried with a loud voice to the lord of the castle, "Alas, master, here lieth dead the best knight that one might find in the wide world, even your dear son. Who acts: tidings, one. 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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 (tidings, one), 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:pg8447:5:95 # text = So came they into the hall, a great company of folk, and cried with a loud voice to the lord of the castle, "Alas, master, here lieth dead the best knight that one might find in the wide world, even your dear son. 1 So so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 " " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 Alas alas INTJ UH _ 30 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 30 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 33 advmod _ _ 33 lieth lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 34 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 xcomp _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 37 amod _ _ 37 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 38 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 obj _ _ 39 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 40 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 acl:relcl _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 even even ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 48 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 49 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | tidings *= tiding* | | | the hall | | | tree rules | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | tidings *= tiding* *not said here* | master | the lord of the castle | | | with a loud voice | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to lord=Recipient | | 3 | **lie** *in a quote* | present | | the best knight | | here | | dead *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location knight=Theme | | 4 | **find** *in a quote* | might | one | the best knight | | the wide world | | your dear son *vocative* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Topic | 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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