--- title: As he fared on a day to hunt in a great forest, as he was wont to do… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: As he fared on a day to hunt in a great forest, as he was wont to do, there came upon him the greatest company of armed men that I may tell ye of, in these few words, who were all the King of the Saxons' men. Who acts: Arthur, I, few words. 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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 (Arthur, I, few words), 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:pg8447:8:63 # text = As he fared on a day to hunt in a great forest, as he was wont to do, there came upon him the greatest company of armed men that I may tell ye of, in these few words, who were all the King of the Saxons' men. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 fared fare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 hunt hunt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 wont wont ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 21 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 22 expl _ _ 22 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 23 upon upon ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 greatest great ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 27 amod _ _ 27 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 armed armed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ _ 31 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 obj _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 acl:relcl _ _ 35 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 36 nsubj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 41 det _ _ 40 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 47 nsubj _ _ 44 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 45 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 47 det:predet _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 appos _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 Saxons Saxon PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 52 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ' 's PART POS _ 50 case _ _ 52 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fare** | past | Arthur | | | | day | | tree rules | | 2 | **hunt** | to-infinitive | Arthur *not said here* | | | a great forest | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in forest=Location | | 3 | **is** | past | Arthur | | | | | wont *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **do** | to-infinitive | Arthur *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **come** | past | | the greatest company of armed men | | this few words; there | | upon Arthur | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon he=Location | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | may | I | armed men | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent that=Recipient | | 7 | **is a** | past | this few words | all King | | | | of the Saxons's men | 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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