--- title: He was bare of arms, and had he revealed himself and demanded his we… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: He was bare of arms, and had he revealed himself and demanded his weapons they had scarce given them to him; rather had they slain him, and drawn blood-guiltiness upon themselves had not God protected him. Who acts: Sir, weapons, God. 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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 (Sir, weapons, 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:pg8447:6:39 # text = He was bare of arms, and had he revealed himself and demanded his weapons they had scarce given them to him; rather had they slain him, and drawn blood-guiltiness upon themselves had not God protected him. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 bare bare ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 revealed reveal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 11 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 10 obj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 demanded demand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 weapons weapon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 scarce scarce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 ccomp _ _ 19 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 xcomp _ _ 20 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 rather rather ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 slain slain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 ccomp _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 parataxis _ _ 32 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 guiltiness guiltiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 upon upon ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 31 obl _ _ 37 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 39 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 protected protect VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Sir | | | | | of arms; bare *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **reveal** | past | Sir | Sir | | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Topic | | 4 | **demand** *speech: request* | past | Sir *not said here* | Sir's weapons | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **scarce** | past · perfect | weapons *= weapon* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **give** | participle | weapons *= weapon* *not said here* | weapons *= weapon* | Sir | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to he=Recipient | | 7 | **have** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **slain** | present | weapons *= weapon* | Sir | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **draw** | participle | | blood guiltiness | | | | upon weapons *= weapon* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guiltiness=Theme | | 10 | **have** | past | | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **not** **protect** | past | God | | Sir | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary | 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. Weston, Project Gutenberg book 8447 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/6/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/6/40/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/6/)