--- title: So soon as they saw the fair day light the host took counsel with hi… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: So soon as they saw the fair day light the host took counsel with his folk that they might advise him well by what means, and in what way, they might avenge themselves for their heavy loss. Who acts: friends, host. 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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 (friends, host), 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:pg8447:6:48 # text = So soon as they saw the fair day light the host took counsel with his folk that they might advise him well by what means, and in what way, they might avenge themselves for their heavy loss. 1 So so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 13 counsel counsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 advise advise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 20 advmod _ _ 23 by by SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 25 nsubj _ _ 25 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 12 parataxis _ _ 30 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 avenge avenge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 35 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 34 obj _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 38 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | friends *= friend* | the fair day light | | | | soon *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer light=Stimulus | | 2 | **take** | past | the host | counsel | | | | with host's folk; what way *parataxis* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent counsel=Theme | | 3 | **advise** *speech: other* | might | friends *= friend* | | host | | | well *property* | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 4 | **mean** | present | | | | | | what *nsubj* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **avenge** | might | friends *= friend* | friends *= friend* | | | | for friends's heavy loss | 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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