--- title: But whatsoe'er befall me since that I have heard from our host, that… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: But whatsoe'er befall me since that I have heard from our host, that good man, that my father in sooth rode that way I shall follow hard after, if so be that I may but cross over, and will but await tomorrow's dawn. Who acts: whatsoe'er, I, father. 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Weston, Opening, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (whatsoe'er, I, father), 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:pg8447:8:12 # text = But whatsoe'er befall me since that I have heard from our host, that good man, that my father in sooth rode that way I shall follow hard after, if so be that I may but cross over, and will but await tomorrow's dawn. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 whatsoe'er whatsoe'er NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 befall befall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 since since SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 det _ _ 15 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 19 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 sooth sooth NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 24 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 det _ _ 25 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 acl:relcl _ _ 29 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 30 advmod _ _ 30 after after ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 32 if if SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 33 so so ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 cop _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 cross cross VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 40 over over ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 43 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 but but CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 await await VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 46 tomorrow tomorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 47 's 's PART POS _ 46 case _ _ 48 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **befall** | infinitive | whatsoe'er | me | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **hear** | present · perfect | I | | | our host and that good man | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from host=Source | | 3 | **ride** | past | my father in sooth | that way | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme | | 4 | **follow** | shall | I | that way *not said here* | | | | after *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme | | 5 | **cross over** | may | my father in sooth *not said here* | | | | | over *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **await** | future | my father in sooth *not said here* | | | | dawn | | 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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