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Weston, Opening, part 9. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Sir, 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:pg8447:9:11 # text = He brought forth ham and venison that he had bidden make ready, there, where he had lain over night, since that men told him he drew near to the wilderness whither had gone the knights whom he sought, and who rode before him. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 forth forth ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 ham ham NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 venison venison NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 bidden bid VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 11 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 12 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 19 advmod _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 lain lie VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 conj _ _ 20 over over ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 since since SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 det _ _ 25 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 26 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 iobj _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 ccomp _ _ 30 near near ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 wilderness wilderness NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 whither whither ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 knights knight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 39 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 41 obj _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 45 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 46 before before ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | past | Sir | ham and venison | | | | forth *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent ham=Theme | | 2 | **bid** | past · perfect | Sir | | | there | | | tree rules | | 3 | **make** | infinitive | Sir *not said here* | | | | | ready *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 4 | **lie** | past · perfect | Sir | | | | night | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | that men | | Sir | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **draw** | past | Sir | | | the wilderness | | near *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to wilderness=Destination | | 7 | **go** | past · perfect | Sir *not said here* | the knights | | | | whither *property* | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location knight=Theme | | 8 | **seek** | past | Sir | the knights | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Theme | | 9 | **ride** | past | | | | | before Sir | who *nsubj* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | 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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