--- title: Nevertheless be ye sure of a truth--I may not deny it this day for a… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Nevertheless be ye sure of a truth--I may not deny it this day for any man, how strong soever he might be, nor through fear of any that may hear me, foe or friend--but I must needs say in sooth your son had merited his death many a time and oft ere the day came that he died! 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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 (ye, I, that, many), 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:pg8447:6:73 # text = Nevertheless be ye sure of a truth--I may not deny it this day for any man, how strong soever he might be, nor through fear of any that may hear me, foe or friend--but I must needs say in sooth your son had merited his death many a time and oft ere the day came that he died! 1 Nevertheless nevertheless ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 cop _ _ 3 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 -- -- PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 deny deny VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 15 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl:unmarked _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 18 det _ _ 18 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 21 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 acl:relcl _ _ 22 soever soever ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 29 cc _ _ 28 through through ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 parataxis _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 29 nmod _ _ 32 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 33 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 parataxis _ _ 35 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 foe foe NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 38 or or CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 -- -- PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 but but CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 needs need NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nsubj _ _ 45 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 sooth sooth NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 48 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj:pass _ _ 50 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 merited merit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 59 advcl _ _ 52 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 54 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 nsubj _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl:unmarked _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 58 oft oft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 conj _ _ 59 ere ere VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 parataxis _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nsubj _ _ 62 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 ccomp _ _ 63 that that SCONJ IN _ 65 mark _ _ 64 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 65 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | infinitive | ye | | | | | of a truth; nevertheless, sure *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **deny** | may | I | truth | | | day | for any man; fear of any and foe or friend *parataxis* | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 3 | **is** | infinitive | | | | | | strong *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **hear** | may | that | me | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | must | I | | | sooth | | needs *nsubj* | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in sooth=Manner | | 6 | **merit** | past · perfect · passive | | your son | | | | Sir's death *obj* | tree rules | | 7 | **ere** | past | many a time | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **come** | past | the day | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **die** | past | Sir | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 10 | **die** | | Sir | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent | 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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