Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 1, sentence 80

_ Now as at this time King Arthur abode in Britain, and held high court, that his fame might wax the greater; and as the noble folk sat at the board and ate, there came riding a knight; for 'twas the custom in Arthur's days that while the king held court no door, small nor great, should be shut, but all men were free to come and go as they willed.

Who acts: King, fame, noble folk, days, men · What happens: abide, hold, wax, sit, eat, come · To what, where: twas, Britain, high court, board, knight

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 (King, fame, noble folk, days), 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	_	_	PUNCT	_	9 abode	punct
2	Now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 abode	advmod
3	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 abode	mark
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 time	case
5	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 time	det
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 abode	obl
7	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 abode	nsubj
8	Arthur	Arthur	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 King	flat
9	abode	abide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 Britain	case
11	Britain	Britain	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 abode	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 held	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 held	cc
14	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 abode	conj
15	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 court	amod
16	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 held	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 wax	punct
18	that	that	SCONJ	_	22 wax	mark
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 fame	nmod:poss
20	fame	fame	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 wax	nsubj
21	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 wax	aux
22	wax	wax	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 held	obl
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 greater	det
24	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	22 wax	amod
25	;	;	PUNCT	_	31 sat	punct
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 sat	cc
27	as	as	SCONJ	_	31 sat	mark
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 folk	det
29	noble	noble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 folk	amod
30	folk	folk	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 sat	nsubj
31	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 abode	parataxis
32	at	at	ADP	_	34 board	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 board	det
34	board	board	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 sat	obl
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 ate	cc
36	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 sat	conj
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 came	punct
38	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	39 came	expl
39	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 ate	conj
40	riding	ride	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	39 came	advcl
41	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	42 knight	det
42	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 riding	obj
43	;	;	PUNCT	_	46 twas	punct
44	for	for	ADP	_	46 twas	case
45	'	'	PUNCT	_	46 twas	punct
46	twas	twa	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 abode	obj
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 custom	det
48	custom	custom	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 twas	appos
49	in	in	ADP	_	52 days	case
50	Arthur	Arthur	PROPN	Number=Sing	52 days	nmod:poss
51	's	's	PART	_	50 Arthur	case
52	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 custom	nmod
53	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	68 shut	nsubj
54	while	while	SCONJ	_	58 court	mark
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 king	det
56	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 court	nsubj
57	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	58 court	amod
58	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 shut	nsubj
59	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	60 door	det
60	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 shut	nsubj
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 small	punct
62	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	60 door	amod
63	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	64 great	cc
64	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	62 small	conj
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 door	punct
66	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	68 shut	aux
67	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	68 shut	cop
68	shut	shut	ADJ	Degree=Pos	52 days	acl:relcl
69	,	,	PUNCT	_	74 free	punct
70	but	but	CCONJ	_	74 free	cc
71	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	72 men	det
72	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	74 free	nsubj
73	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	74 free	cop
74	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 custom	parataxis
75	to	to	PART	_	76 come	mark
76	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	74 free	xcomp
77	and	and	CCONJ	_	78 go	cc
78	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	76 come	conj
79	as	as	SCONJ	_	81 willed	mark
80	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	81 willed	nsubj
81	willed	will	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	78 go	advcl
82	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 abode	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abide	past	King	twas	Britain	now; time		tree rules
2	hold	participle	King not said here	high court				vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent court=Theme
3	wax	might	King's fame					tree rules
4	sit	past	the noble folk		the board			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at board=Location
5	eat	past	the noble folk not said here					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	come	past	the noble folk not said here		there			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	ride	gerund	the noble folk not said here	a knight				vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knight=Theme
8	hold	participle						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	court		the king					tree rules
10	is	should	Arthur's days				no door nsubj; shut property	tree rules
11	is	past	all men				free property	tree rules
12	come	to-infinitive	all men not said here					vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
13	go	infinitive	all men not said here					vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
14	will	past	men = man					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (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. 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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🌲 Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 1, sentence 80

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Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 1, sentence 80