--- title: Against this did I prepare myself, and brought with me food, meat an… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Against this did I prepare myself, and brought with me food, meat and bread, lest I had need thereof, and cool clear wine in two flasks that hang here by my saddle, that I might lay my hand on them when I had need thereto." Who acts: this, I, two flasks. 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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 (this, I, two flasks), 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:pg8447:8:77 # text = Against this did I prepare myself, and brought with me food, meat and bread, lest I had need thereof, and cool clear wine in two flasks that hang here by my saddle, that I might lay my hand on them when I had need thereto." 1 Against against SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 prepare prepare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 6 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ 12 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 21 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 22 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 cool cool ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 26 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 nummod _ _ 30 flasks flask NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ _ 31 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 32 hang hang VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 33 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 34 by by ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 saddle saddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 42 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 on on ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ _ 46 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 49 advmod _ _ 47 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 advcl _ _ 50 thereto thereto ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 " " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prepare** | past · do-support | this | myself | | | | I *nsubj* | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent myself=Patient | | 2 | **bring** | past | this *not said here* | food and meat and bread | | | | with me | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent food=Theme | | 3 | **have** | past | I | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **need** | present | | | | | | cool clear wine in two flasks *conj*; thereof *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 5 | **hang** | present | two flasks | | | here | | by my saddle | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by saddle=Location | | 6 | **lay** | might | I | my hand | | | | on man | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hand=Theme on they=Destination | | 7 | **need** | past | I | | | | | thereto *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | 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. Weston, Project Gutenberg book 8447 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/8/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/8/78/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/8/)