--- title: But of those things which had stood him in good stead many a time be… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: But of those things which had stood him in good stead many a time before, when he was hard beset, his good steed, and his sword, the which was a very haven, of these was he now robbed. Who acts: Gawain, hard beset. 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Weston, Opening, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Gawain, hard beset), 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:pg8447:6:102 # text = But of those things which had stood him in good stead many a time before, when he was hard beset, his good steed, and his sword, the which was a very haven, of these was he now robbed. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 stood stand VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 stead stead NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 15 before before ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 20 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 beset beset NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 steed steed NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 very very ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 haven haven NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 7 parataxis _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 43 advmod _ _ 43 robbed rob VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past · perfect · passive | | | Gawain | good stead | time | of that things; which *nsubj:pass*; before *property* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme he=Destination | | 2 | **is a** | past | Gawain | hard beset and Gawain's good steed and Gawain's sword and the haven | | | | Gawain's good steed *conj*; Gawain's sword *conj* | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | past | hard beset and Gawain's good steed and Gawain's sword and the haven | the haven | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | past | Gawain | | | | now | rob *property* | tree rules | 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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