--- title: The harness was in place, whereof I have told ye that it was so trai… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: The harness was in place, whereof I have told ye that it was so traitorously handled; then came forth the knight, who had arisen, and clad himself in fair robes, and descended the stairway. Who acts: harness, I, knight. 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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 (harness, I, knight), 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:pg8447:6:64 # text = The harness was in place, whereof I have told ye that it was so traitorously handled; then came forth the knight, who had arisen, and clad himself in fair robes, and descended the stairway. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 harness harness NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 whereof whereof ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 acl:relcl _ _ 11 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 10 iobj _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 15 so so ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 16 traitorously traitorously ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 handled handle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 19 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 20 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 21 forth forth ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 arisen arise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 clad clad VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 31 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 30 obj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 robes robe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 descended descend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 stairway stairway NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the harness | | | place | | | tree rules | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · perfect | I | | ye | | | whereof *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent ye=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **handle** | past · passive | | harness | | | | traitorously *property* | vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **come** | past | | the knight | | | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **arise** | past · perfect | the knight | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **clad** | past | | seneschal | | fair robes | | | tree rules | | 7 | **descend** | past | | the stairway | | | | | vn meander-47.7-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location stairway=Theme | 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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