--- title: His saddle-girth, his stirrup-leathers, were cut midway through; as… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: His saddle-girth, his stirrup-leathers, were cut midway through; as he thought to sit upon his steed they brake clean in twain, and left him standing upon his feet. Who acts: speed, girth. A sentence of «Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch» by Jessie L. 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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 (speed, girth), 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:pg8447:8:18 # text = His saddle-girth, his stirrup-leathers, were cut midway through; as he thought to sit upon his steed they brake clean in twain, and left him standing upon his feet. 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 2 saddle saddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 girth girth NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 7 stirrup stirrup NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 leathers leather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 11 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 13 midway midway NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 14 through through ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 upon upon ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 steed steed NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 brake break VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 26 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 advcl _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 twain twain NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 34 upon upon ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut** | past · passive | | speed's saddle girth and speed's stirrup leathers | | | | midway *obj*; through *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary midway=Product | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | speed | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **sit** | to-infinitive | speed *not said here* | | | twain | | upon speed's steed | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon steed=Location | | 4 | **break** | present | girth | speed's steed *not said here* | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer steed=Patient | | 5 | **leave** | past | speed *not said here* | speed | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 6 | **stand** | gerund | speed *not said here* | | | speed's feet | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon foot=Location | 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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