--- title: He deemed that he had safe conduct, but he had lost from its sheath… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: He deemed that he had safe conduct, but he had lost from its sheath his sword, which had been stolen from him; and that which the seneschal had put in its place when he drew forth the good brand was more brittle than glass. Who acts: Gawain, good brand. 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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 (Gawain, good brand), 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:pg8447:6:82 # text = He deemed that he had safe conduct, but he had lost from its sheath his sword, which had been stolen from him; and that which the seneschal had put in its place when he drew forth the good brand was more brittle than glass. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 deemed deem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 conduct conduct NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 sheath sheath NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 stolen steal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl _ _ 23 from from ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 28 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 seneschal seneschal NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 38 advmod _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 39 forth forth ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 brand brand NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 44 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 45 amod _ _ 45 brittle brittle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 ccomp _ _ 46 than than ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **deem** | past | Gawain | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **have** | past | Gawain | safe conduct | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Patient | | 3 | **lose** | past · perfect | Gawain | | | conduct's sheath Gawain's sword | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent from sheath=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **steal** | past · perfect · passive | | conduct's sheath Gawain's sword | | | | from Gawain | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from he=Source | | 5 | **put** | past · perfect · passive | | | | conduct's place | | which *nsubj:pass*; the seneschal *nsubj:pass* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in place=Destination | | 6 | **draw** | past | Gawain | | | | | forth *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | past | the good brand | | | | | than glass; brittle *property* | tree rules | 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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