--- title: Morien came riding over the sea-sand, and cried with a loud voice sh… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Morien came riding over the sea-sand, and cried with a loud voice shipward: "Ye who be within tell me that which I ask lest it be to your own loss, as also I would fain know for my own profit and rejoicing. Who acts: Morien, Ye, I, my. 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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 (Morien, Ye, I, 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:pg8447:7:23 # text = Morien came riding over the sea-sand, and cried with a loud voice shipward: "Ye who be within tell me that which I ask lest it be to your own loss, as also I would fain know for my own profit and rejoicing. 1 Morien Morien PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 riding ride VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 4 over over ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 shipward shipward ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 18 " " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 nsubj _ _ 20 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 cop _ _ 22 within within ADP IN _ 23 mark _ _ 23 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 24 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 iobj _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 obj _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 ask ask VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 29 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 cop _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 34 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 also also ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 fain fain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 42 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 45 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 profit profit NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 rejoicing rejoicing NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Morien | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **ride** | gerund | Morien *not said here* | | | the sea sand | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over sand=Trajectory | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | | | | | | with a loud voice | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with voice=Theme | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | Ye | | me | | | who *nsubj*; tell *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | present | I | your own loss | | | | lest sand | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent which=Recipient | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | to your own loss; your *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 7 | **fain** *in a quote* | would | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **know** *in a quote* | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | for my own profit and rejoicing | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **profit** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom profit «possession 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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