--- title: Then as Morien stood by the window, it seemed to him that he saw a k… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Then as Morien stood by the window, it seemed to him that he saw a knight come riding in great haste, on a horse tall and swift; he was well armed, and seemed a goodly knight withal. Who acts: Morien, it, knight. 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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 (Morien, it, knight), 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:pg8447:8:37 # text = Then as Morien stood by the window, it seemed to him that he saw a knight come riding in great haste, on a horse tall and swift; he was well armed, and seemed a goodly knight withal. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 Morien Morien PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ _ 19 riding ride VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 18 xcomp _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 haste haste NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 27 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 swift swift ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 33 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 34 advmod _ _ 34 armed armed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 goodly goodly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 41 withal withal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | Morien | | | | then | by the window | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by window=Location | | 2 | **seem** | past | it | | Morien | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **see** | past | Morien | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **come** | present | a knight | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **ride** | gerund | a knight *not said here* | | | great haste | | on a horse | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | past | Morien | | | | | armed, well *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **seem** | past | | a goodly knight | | | | withal *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme knight=Attribute | 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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