--- title: When Morien who was hard beset by them who stood there heard this, n… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: When Morien who was hard beset by them who stood there heard this, never might one hear in book or song that any man smote such fierce blows as he smote with the sword which he drew forth. Who acts: Morien, hard beset, one, man. 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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, hard beset, one, man), 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:pg8447:7:48 # text = When Morien who was hard beset by them who stood there heard this, never might one hear in book or song that any man smote such fierce blows as he smote with the sword which he drew forth. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 Morien Morien PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 beset beset NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nmod _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 11 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ 12 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 conj _ _ 13 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 16 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 one one PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 parataxis _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 21 or or CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 25 det _ _ 25 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 smote smite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 27 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 28 fierce fierce ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 blows blow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 30 as as SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 smote smite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 obj _ _ 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 35 acl:relcl _ _ 39 forth forth ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Morien | hard beset | | | | by comrades *= comrade*; who *nsubj* | tree rules | | 2 | **stand** | past | hard beset | | | there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **hear** | participle | hard beset *not said here* | this | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 4 | **not** **hear** | might | one | | | book or song | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **smite** | past | any man | such fierce blows | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus blow=Experiencer | | 6 | **smite** | past | man | | | | | with the sword | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with sword=Instrument | | 7 | **draw** | past | man | the sword | | | | forth *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | 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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