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Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 1, sentence 76

Now we find it written for a truth that Perceval and Galahad alike died virgin knights in the quest of the Holy Grail; and for that cause I say of Perceval that in sooth he was not Morien's father, but that rather was Morien his brother's son.

Who acts: we, tell, truth, I, Perceval, Holy Grail · What happens: find, write, die, say, not be, be · To what, where: tell, virgin knights, quest, father, sooth, Morien · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch» by Jessie L. Weston, Opening, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (we, tell, truth, 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

advmodnsubjobjxcompcasedetoblnsubjnsubjccconjadvmodacl:relclamodobjcasedetoblcasedetcompoundnmodpunctcccasedetoblnsubjconjcaseoblnsubjcaseoblnsubjcopadvmodnmod:posscaseacl:relclpunctccmarkadvmodcopcompoundnmod:possnmod:posscaseconjpunctrootNowADVwePRONfindVERBitPRONwrittenVERBforADPaDETtruthNOUNthatPRONPercevalPROPNandCCONJGalahadPROPNalikeADVdiedVERBvirginADJknightsNOUNinADPtheDETquestNOUNofADPtheDETHolyPROPNGrailNOUN;PUNCTandCCONJforADPthatDETcauseNOUNIPRONsayVERBofADPPercevalNOUNthatPRONinADPsoothNOUNhePRONwasAUXnotPARTMorienPROPN'sPARTfatherNOUN,PUNCTbutCCONJthatSCONJratherADVwasAUXMorienPROPNhisPRONbrotherNOUN'sPARTsonNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NownowADVPronType=Dem3 findadvmod
2wewePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs3 findnsubj
3findfindVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 findobj
5writtenwriteVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass3 findxcomp
6forforADP_8 truthcase
7aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art8 truthdet
8truthtruthNOUNNumber=Sing5 writtenobl
9thatthatPRONPronType=Rel14 diednsubj
10PercevalPercevalPROPNNumber=Sing14 diednsubj
11andandCCONJ_12 Galahadcc
12GalahadGalahadPROPNNumber=Sing10 Percevalconj
13alikealikeADV_14 diedadvmod
14dieddieVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 truthacl:relcl
15virginvirginADJDegree=Pos16 knightsamod
16knightsknightNOUNNumber=Plur14 diedobj
17ininADP_19 questcase
18thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 questdet
19questquestNOUNNumber=Sing14 diedobl
20ofofADP_23 Grailcase
21thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art23 Graildet
22HolyHolyPROPN_23 Grailcompound
23GrailgrailNOUNNumber=Sing19 questnmod
24;;PUNCT_30 saypunct
25andandCCONJ_30 saycc
26forforADP_28 causecase
27thatthatDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem28 causedet
28causecauseNOUNNumber=Sing30 sayobl
29IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs30 saynsubj
30saysayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 findconj
31ofofADP_32 Percevalcase
32PercevalpercevalNOUNNumber=Sing30 sayobl
33thatthatPRONPronType=Rel41 fathernsubj
34ininADP_35 soothcase
35soothsoothNOUNNumber=Sing41 fatherobl
36hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs41 fathernsubj
37wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin41 fathercop
38notnotPARTPolarity=Neg41 fatheradvmod
39MorienMorienPROPNNumber=Sing41 fathernmod:poss
40's'sPART_39 Moriencase
41fatherfatherNOUNNumber=Sing32 Percevalacl:relcl
42,,PUNCT_51 sonpunct
43butbutCCONJ_51 soncc
44thatthatSCONJ_51 sonmark
45ratherratherADV_47 Morienadvmod
46wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin47 Moriencop
47MorienMorienPROPNNumber=Sing49 brothercompound
48hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs49 brothernmod:poss
49brotherbrotherNOUNNumber=Sing51 sonnmod:poss
50's'sPART_49 brothercase
51sonsonNOUNNumber=Sing41 fatherconj
52..PUNCT_3 findpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1findpresentwetellnowvn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Attribute clause=Theme
2writeparticipletell not said herefor a truthvn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for truth=Beneficiary
3diepasta truthvirgin knightsthe quest of the Holy GrailPerceval and Galahad nsubj; alike propertytree rules
4say speech: assertpresentIfor that cause; of Percevalvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5not is apastPercevalMorien's father but MORIEN's Morien brother's sonsoothMorien nmod:poss; MORIEN's Morien brother's son conjtree rules
6is apastMorientree rules
7questthe Holy Grailnom quest «cognition intransitive»: of=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.

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