--- title: Doth the dead man cease to bleed, then shall we all be well-assured… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Doth the dead man cease to bleed, then shall we all be well-assured that he hath done the deed; and thereafter shall I take counsel how I may avenge my son, fittingly, and without shame." Who acts: guest, deed, I. 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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 (guest, deed, I), 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:pg8447:6:14 # text = Doth the dead man cease to bleed, then shall we all be well-assured that he hath done the deed; and thereafter shall I take counsel how I may avenge my son, fittingly, and without shame." 1 Doth do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 cease cease NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 bleed bleed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 9 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ _ 10 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 11 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 12 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 aux:pass _ _ 14 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 assured assure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 advcl _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 hath have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 ccomp _ _ 20 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 xcomp _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 deed deed NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 thereafter thereafter ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 26 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 29 counsel counsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 30 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 33 advmod _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 avenge avenge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 csubj _ _ 34 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 fittingly fittingly ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 without without ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 shame shame NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | | the dead man cease | | | | without shame | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cease=Eventuality | | 2 | **bleed** | to-infinitive | | the dead man cease *not said here* | | | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | | 3 | **assure** | shall · passive | | we | | | then | well *property* | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient that S»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **have** | present | guest | the deed | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **do** | participle | the deed *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **take** | shall | I | counsel | | | | thereafter *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent counsel=Theme | | 7 | **avenge** | may | I | my son | | | | fittingly *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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