--- title: Said the host, their lord, did he let the guest, whom he held there… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Said the host, their lord, did he let the guest, whom he held there captive, and who had smitten his son to death, depart in safety, "Men would say I were but a coward, and durst not avenge myself, and would speak scorn of me; so many have seen how the matter fell out that it may not well remain hid --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/6/49/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered in…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/) / [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/6/) / 49 # Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 6, sentence 49 Said the host, their lord, did he let the guest, whom he held there captive, and who had smitten his son to death, depart in safety, "Men would say I were but a coward, and durst not avenge myself, and would speak scorn of me; so many have seen how the matter fell out that it may not well remain hidden. **Who acts:** host, Men, many, matter · **What happens:** say, let, hold, smite, depart, be · **To what, where:** guest, son, safety, coward, durst, scorn · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch» by Jessie L. 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 (host, Men, many, matter), 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:pg8447:6:49 # text = Said the host, their lord, did he let the guest, whom he held there captive, and who had smitten his son to death, depart in safety, "Men would say I were but a coward, and durst not avenge myself, and would speak scorn of me; so many have seen how the matter fell out that it may not well remain hidden. 1 Said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 ccomp _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 guest guest NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 obj _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 17 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ _ 18 captive captive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 smitten smite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 depart depart VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 safety safety NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 " " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 Men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 35 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 parataxis _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 38 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 39 but but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 coward coward NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 durst durst NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 45 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 46 avenge avenge VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 47 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 50 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 conj _ _ 52 scorn scorn NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ; ; PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 56 so so ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 57 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 nsubj _ _ 58 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 59 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 60 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 63 advmod _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 nsubj _ _ 63 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 advcl _ _ 64 out out ADP RP _ 63 compound:prt _ _ 65 that that SCONJ IN _ 70 mark _ _ 66 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 70 nsubj _ _ 67 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 70 aux _ _ 68 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 70 advmod _ _ 69 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 70 advmod _ _ 70 remain remain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 63 advcl _ _ 71 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 70 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the host and friends's lord | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **let** | past · do-support | host | the guest | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guest=Theme | | 3 | **hold** | past | host | the guest | | there | | captive *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Theme | | 4 | **smite** | past · perfect | | host's son | | | | to death *result*; who *nsubj* | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent son=Patient to death=Result | | 5 | **depart** | present | | | | safety | | | tree rules | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | would | Men | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | the host and friends's lord *= host* | a coward | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **avenge** *in a quote* | present | | durst | | | | myself *obj* | tree rules | | 9 | **speak** *speech: other* *in a quote* | would | | scorn of me | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **see** *in a quote* | present · perfect | many | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 11 | **fall out** *in a quote* | past | the matter | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **not** **remain** *in a quote* | may | matter | | | | | well *property* | tree rules | | 13 | **hide** *in a quote* | participle | matter *not said here* | | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 14 | **scorn** *in a quote* | | | me | | | | | nom scorn «feeling transitive»: of=patient | 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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