--- title: Then was the host sore vexed, and he said: "I will do ye no harm for… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Then was the host sore vexed, and he said: "I will do ye no harm for aught that hath chanced by ye; nevertheless, there be here many a man who had fain fallen upon ye, but I tell ye I will not that aught befall ye here; nor that my peace be broken, nor vengeance taken upon ye. 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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, man, my), 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:pg8447:6:76 # text = Then was the host sore vexed, and he said: "I will do ye no harm for aught that hath chanced by ye; nevertheless, there be here many a man who had fain fallen upon ye, but I tell ye I will not that aught befall ye here; nor that my peace be broken, nor vengeance taken upon ye. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 sore sore ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 vexed vex VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 16 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 obj _ _ 17 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 18 det _ _ 18 harm harm NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 aught aught PRON NN PronType=Ind 15 obl _ _ 21 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 22 hath have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 23 chanced chance VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 xcomp _ _ 24 by by ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 nevertheless nevertheless ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 29 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 30 expl _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 cop _ _ 31 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 32 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 parataxis _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 appos _ _ 35 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 37 fain fain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 xcomp _ _ 38 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 acl _ _ 39 upon upon ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 but but CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 45 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 44 iobj _ _ 46 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 47 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 48 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 51 advmod _ _ 49 that that SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 50 aught aught PRON NN PronType=Ind 51 nsubj _ _ 51 befall befall VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 ccomp _ _ 52 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 51 obj _ _ 53 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 51 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ; ; PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 55 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 60 cc _ _ 56 that that SCONJ IN _ 60 mark _ _ 57 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nsubj:pass _ _ 59 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 60 aux:pass _ _ 60 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 62 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 63 cc _ _ 63 vengeance vengeance NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ _ 64 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 63 acl _ _ 65 upon upon ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 64 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the host | | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **vex** | participle · passive | | the host | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | host | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **do** *in a quote* | future | host | ye | | | | for aught; no harm *obj* | tree rules | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **chance** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | by ye | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by ye=Location | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | here | | a man *appos*; many, nevertheless *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **have** *in a quote* | past | a man | | | | | fain *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **fall** *in a quote* | participle | | | | ye | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon ye=Location | | 10 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | host | | ye | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent ye=Recipient clause=Topic | | 11 | **not** **befall** *in a quote* | future | host | ye | | here | | aught *nsubj* | tree rules | | 12 | **break** *in a quote* | infinitive · passive | | my peace | | | | vengeance *obl* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 13 | **take** *in a quote* | participle | | vengeance *not said here* | | | | upon ye | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 14 | **pacify** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom peace «state transitive»: 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. Weston, Project Gutenberg book 8447 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/6/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/6/77/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/6/)