--- title: And they who had brought him thither were of one mind that they shou… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: And they who had brought him thither were of one mind that they should make a wheel, and break the knight upon it at the Cross by the parting of the ways whereof I have told ye afore. Who acts: knights, I, ways. 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Weston, Opening, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (knights, I, ways), 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:pg8447:7:11 # text = And they who had brought him thither were of one mind that they should make a wheel, and break the knight upon it at the Cross by the parting of the ways whereof I have told ye afore. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 thither thither ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 advcl _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 acl _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 wheel wheel NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 upon upon ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Cross Cross PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 28 by by ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 parting parting NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 ways way NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ _ 34 whereof whereof ADV WRB PronType=Int 37 advmod _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 acl:relcl _ _ 38 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 iobj _ _ 39 afore afore ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | past · perfect · passive | | knights *= knight* | | | | who *nsubj:pass*; Sir *obj* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme he=Destination | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | | | of one mind; thither *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **make** | should | knights *= knight* | a wheel | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset wheel=Product | | 4 | **break** | infinitive | | the knight | | the Cross | | upon shame; by the parting of the ways | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer knight=Patient | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · perfect | I | | ye | | | afore, whereof *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent ye=Recipient | | 6 | **part** | | the ways | | | | | | nom parting «act 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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