--- title: The host who would follow them called to him his seneschal, who was… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: The host who would follow them called to him his seneschal, who was cruel and cunning, and bade him carry his armour to their guest straightway, and deliver it to him as if he should ride thence as soon as he had arisen, and delay no whit. Who acts: host, seneschal, bade. 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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 (host, seneschal, bade), 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:pg8447:6:59 # text = The host who would follow them called to him his seneschal, who was cruel and cunning, and bade him carry his armour to their guest straightway, and deliver it to him as if he should ride thence as soon as he had arisen, and delay no whit. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 advcl _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 seneschal seneschal NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 cruel cruel ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 appos _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 cunning cunning ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 bade bade NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 carry carry VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 armour armour NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 27 guest guest NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 straightway straightway NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 deliver deliver VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ _ 35 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 36 if if SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 ride ride VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 40 thence thence ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 as as ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 39 advmod _ _ 43 as as SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 arisen arise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 42 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 delay delay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 50 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 51 det _ _ 51 whit whit NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | would | the host | man | | | | who *nsubj* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 2 | **call** | participle | the host *not said here* | host's seneschal | host | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 3 | **is** | past | host's seneschal | | | | | cruel *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **be** | | host's seneschal *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **carry** | present | bade host | host's armour | | man's guest straightway | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent armour=Theme to straightway=Destination | | 6 | **deliver** | present | | armour | host | | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to he=Destination | | 7 | **ride** | should | bade | | | | | soon, thence *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **arise** | past · perfect | bade | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **delay** | present | | no whit | | | | | vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent whit=Source | 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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