--- title: The space began to widen round Sir Gawain and Morien; for all there… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: The space began to widen round Sir Gawain and Morien; for all there deemed that he came forth from hell, and was hight Devil, in that he so quelled them and felled them underfoot that many hereafter spake thereof. Who acts: space, Sir. 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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 (space, Sir), 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:pg8447:7:55 # text = The space began to widen round Sir Gawain and Morien; for all there deemed that he came forth from hell, and was hight Devil, in that he so quelled them and felled them underfoot that many hereafter spake thereof. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 space space NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 widen widen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 round round ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:desc _ _ 8 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 Morien Morien PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 all all ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ _ 15 deemed deem VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 19 forth forth ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 from from ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 hell hell NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 25 hight hight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 Devil Devil PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 in in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 32 mark _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 fixed _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 so so ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 quelled quell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 33 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 felled fell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 36 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 underfoot underfoot NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 39 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 nsubj _ _ 40 hereafter hereafter ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 spake speak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 appos _ _ 42 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | the space | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **widen** | to-infinitive | the space *not said here* | | | | | round Gawain Sir and Morien | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **deem** | participle | | | | there | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **come** | past | Sir | | | hell | | forth *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from hell=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **is a** | past | | hight Devil | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **quell** | past | Sir | blows *= blow* | | | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 7 | **fell** | past | Sir *not said here* | blows *= blow* | | | | underfoot *obj* | 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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