--- title: Further spake the knight Sir Gariët: "Even should he be beside himse… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Further spake the knight Sir Gariët: "Even should he be beside himself when he first see ye, I shall not let him free ere he have taken us to the further shore, or I shall have from him such forfeit 'twere better for him to be sunken and drowned in the depths of the sea!" Who acts: you, Sir, I. 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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, I), 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:pg8447:9:60 # text = Further spake the knight Sir Gariët: "Even should he be beside himself when he first see ye, I shall not let him free ere he have taken us to the further shore, or I shall have from him such forfeit 'twere better for him to be sunken and drowned in the depths of the sea!" 1 Further further ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 spake speak VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:desc _ _ 6 Gariët Gariët PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 7 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Even even ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 cop _ _ 13 beside beside ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 15 when when SCONJ WRB _ 18 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 18 advmod _ _ 18 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 19 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 ere ere NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 acl:relcl _ _ 31 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 further further ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 or or CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 41 from from ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ _ 43 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 forfeit forfeit NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 45 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 twere twere ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 40 parataxis _ _ 48 for for SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 49 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 51 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 52 cop _ _ 52 sunken sunken ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 advcl _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 drowned drown VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 52 conj _ _ 55 in in ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 depths depth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 obl _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the knight | | | | further *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | should | Sir | | | | | beside Sir | tree rules | | 3 | **see** *in a quote* | present | Sir | ye | | | | first *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ye=Stimulus | | 4 | **not** **let** *in a quote* | shall | I | free ere | Sir | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient ere=Theme | | 5 | **take** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Sir | us | | the further shore | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent we=Theme to shore=Destination | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | shall | I | such forfeit | | | | from Sir | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent forfeit=Patient | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Sir | | | | | sunken *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **drown** *in a quote* | participle | Sir *not said here* | | | the depths of the sea | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: 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. 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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/9/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/9/61/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/9/)