--- title: He said that he knew the hermit; "And 'twixt water and land 'tis a g… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: He said that he knew the hermit; "And 'twixt water and land 'tis a good fifteen mile thither, that do I know for a truth, for oft-times have I heard men speak thereof since I came hither. Who acts: Sir, that, oft times, heard men. 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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 (Sir, that, oft times, heard men), 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:pg8447:8:93 # text = He said that he knew the hermit; "And 'twixt water and land 'tis a good fifteen mile thither, that do I know for a truth, for oft-times have I heard men speak thereof since I came hither. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 hermit hermit NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 And and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 twixt twixt NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 16 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 tis tis NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 19 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 20 fifteen fifteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nummod _ _ 21 mile mile NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 22 thither thither ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 nsubj _ _ 25 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 parataxis _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 oft oft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 36 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 ccomp _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 38 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 amod _ _ 39 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ _ 40 speak speak VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 parataxis _ _ 41 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 since since SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 45 hither hither ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Sir | | | | | twixt water and land and tis a good fifteen mile *ccomp* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **know** | past | Sir | the hermit | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer hermit=Stimulus | | 3 | **know** *in a quote* | present · do-support | that | | | | | for a truth; I *nsubj* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **have** *in a quote* | present | oft times | | | | | I *nsubj* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **hear** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **speak** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | heard men | | | | | thereof *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **come** *in a quote* | past | Sir | | | | | hither *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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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