--- title: Had ye, brother, been in the land, and Perceval, and Lancelot, then… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Had ye, brother, been in the land, and Perceval, and Lancelot, then had we never come to such a pass, for there liveth no man so bold that he durst withstand ye three in any venture that might chance. Who acts: Lancelot, we, venture. 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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 (Lancelot, we, venture), 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:pg8447:8:73 # text = Had ye, brother, been in the land, and Perceval, and Lancelot, then had we never come to such a pass, for there liveth no man so bold that he durst withstand ye three in any venture that might chance. 1 Had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 cop _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 Perceval Perceval PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 Lancelot Lancelot PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 17 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ _ 18 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 19 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 25 det:predet _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 pass pass NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 for for SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 29 expl _ _ 29 liveth live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 30 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 31 det _ _ 31 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 so so ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 bold bold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 xcomp _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 durst durst ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 withstand withstand VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 38 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 obj _ _ 39 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 obj _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 42 det _ _ 42 venture venture NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 43 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 44 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | | ye | | | | brother and the land *obl*; Perceval *obl* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ye=Patient | | 2 | **is** | participle | | | | the land | | | tree rules | | 3 | **have** | past | Lancelot | | | | then | | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **come** | infinitive | we | | | such pass | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to pass=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **live** | present | we *not said here* | no man | | there | | bold *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme man=Location | | 6 | **withstand** | present | Lancelot | ye | | | | three *obj*; durst *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **chance** | might | any venture | | | | | | 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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