--- title: So soon as he had in his boat Morien, of whom he was sore afraid, in… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: So soon as he had in his boat Morien, of whom he was sore afraid, in that he was so huge, and had shipped his steed, which was in seeming over-strong, he pushed the boat from shore and put out to sea. Who acts: Tis, steed. 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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 (Tis, steed), 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:pg8447:9:82 # text = So soon as he had in his boat Morien, of whom he was sore afraid, in that he was so huge, and had shipped his steed, which was in seeming over-strong, he pushed the boat from shore and put out to sea. 1 So so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 38 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 Morien Morien PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 obl _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 sore sore ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 in in SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 22 so so ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 shipped ship VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 parataxis _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 steed steed NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 in in SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 34 seeming seem VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 conj _ _ 35 over-strong over-strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 pushed push VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 from from ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 conj _ _ 45 out out ADP RP _ 44 compound:prt _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Tis | | | Tis's boat | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | Tis | | | | | whom *obl*; afraid *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | Tis | | | | | huge *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **ship** | past · perfect | | Tis's steed | | | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent steed=Theme | | 5 | **seem** | past · progressive | Tis's steed | | | | | over-strong *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **push** | past | Tis | the boat | | shore | | soon *property* | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent boat=Theme from shore=Trajectory | | 7 | **put out** | participle | Tis *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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