--- title: They who would harm him came upon him from every side, a great compa… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: They who would harm him came upon him from every side, a great company and fierce, all thirsting for his life; there was a great clash of swords; they thrust at him with their spears. Who acts: tin, Sir, great company, great clash. 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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 (tin, Sir, great company, great clash), 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:pg8447:6:95 # text = They who would harm him came upon him from every side, a great company and fierce, all thirsting for his life; there was a great clash of swords; they thrust at him with their spears. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 harm harm VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 7 upon upon ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 11 det _ _ 11 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 appos _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 fierce fierce ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 20 advmod _ _ 20 thirsting thirst VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 acl _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 26 expl _ _ 26 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 clash clash NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 swords sword NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 thrust thrust VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 35 at at ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 spears spear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **harm** | would | tin | | | | | who *nsubj* | tree rules | | 2 | **come** | past | Sir | | | every side | | upon Gawain | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from side=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **thirst** | gerund | a great company *not said here* | | | | | for Sir's life | vn long-32.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for life=Theme | | 4 | **be** | past | a great clash of swords | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **thrust** | past | tin | | | | | at Sir; with tin's spears | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent at he=Theme | | 6 | **clash** | | swords | | | | | | nom clash «event intransitive»: of=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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