--- title: If I still dwell here 'tis that I have no need to flee nor to fear d… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: If I still dwell here 'tis that I have no need to flee nor to fear death ere my day come, when as it hath been foretold and declared I shall break the rule of my order. Who acts: I, order, 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 (I, order, 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:pg8447:7:81 # text = If I still dwell here 'tis that I have no need to flee nor to fear death ere my day come, when as it hath been foretold and declared I shall break the rule of my order. 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 still still ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 dwell dwell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 6 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 tis tis NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 obj _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 11 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 12 det _ _ 12 need need NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 flee flee VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 acl _ _ 15 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 17 cc _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 fear fear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 18 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 19 ere ere ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 20 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl:unmarked _ _ 22 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 24 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 29 advmod _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 foretold foretell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 parataxis _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 declared declare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 conj _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 ccomp _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 rule rule NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dwell** | present | I | tis | | here | still | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **have** | present | I | tis | | | | no need *obj* | tree rules | | 3 | **flee** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **fear** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | death | | | day | ere *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer death=Stimulus | | 5 | **come** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **foretell** | present · perfect · passive | | death | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **declare** *speech: other* | participle | | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 8 | **break** | shall | I | the rule of my order | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rule=Patient | | 9 | **rule** | | my order | | | | | | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=agent | | 10 | **order** | | my | | | | | | nom order «communication transitive»: 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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