--- title: Now see, Sir Gariët, what counsel ye may find, and how we may so con… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Now see, Sir Gariët, what counsel ye may find, and how we may so contrive that we cross the water; doubt ye not that an they once behold me and know me they will straightway set sail again and put to sea. Who acts: you, Sir, we, adventures. 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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 (you, Sir, we, adventures), 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:pg8447:9:55 # text = Now see, Sir Gariët, what counsel ye may find, and how we may so contrive that we cross the water; doubt ye not that an they once behold me and know me they will straightway set sail again and put to sea. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 see see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 5 Gariët Gariët PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 11 obj _ _ 8 counsel counsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 9 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nsubj _ _ 10 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 14 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 15 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 so so ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 contrive contrive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 cross cross VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 doubt doubt NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 2 obl _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 29 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 32 advmod _ _ 32 behold behol VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 33 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 36 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 straightway straightway VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 ccomp _ _ 40 set set ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 sail sail NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 again again ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | imperative | you *not said here* | ye doubt | | | now | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **find** | may | Sir | | | | | what *obj*; counsel *nsubj*; ye *nsubj* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 3 | **contrive** | may | we | | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **cross** | present | we | the water | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient | | 5 | **not** **behol** | past | adventures *= adventure* | me | | | | once *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **know** | infinitive | adventures *= adventure* *not said here* | me | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **straightway** | future | adventures *= adventure* | set sail | | | again | | tree rules | | 8 | **put** | infinitive | adventures *= adventure* *not said here* | | | | | to sea | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: 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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