Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 1, sentence 84
Then my lord, Sir Gawain, who did full many a courtesy (for such was his wont all his life long), so soon as he saw the knight, sprang up with no delay, and lifted him from the saddle and set him upon the ground, but he might neither sit, nor walk, nor so much as stand upon his feet, but fell upon the earth.
Who acts: lord, full many courtesy, Knight · What happens: do, be, see, spring up, lift, set · To what, where: wont life, knight, saddle, ground, earth
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 (lord, full many courtesy, Knight), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 did | advmod |
| 2 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 lord | nmod:poss |
| 3 | lord | lord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 did | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 Sir | punct |
| 5 | Sir | Sir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 lord | appos |
| 6 | Gawain | Gawain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Sir | flat |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 did | punct |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 did | nsubj |
| 9 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 courtesy | amod |
| 11 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 courtesy | amod |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 courtesy | det |
| 13 | courtesy | courtesy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 life | nsubj |
| 14 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 16 such | punct |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 such | case |
| 16 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 courtesy | amod |
| 17 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 life | cop |
| 18 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 life | nmod:poss |
| 19 | wont | wont | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 life | amod |
| 20 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 22 life | det:predet |
| 21 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 life | nmod:poss |
| 22 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 did | obj |
| 23 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 22 life | advmod |
| 24 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 23 long | punct |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 saw | punct |
| 26 | so | so | ADV | _ | 27 soon | advmod |
| 27 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 30 saw | advmod |
| 28 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 30 saw | mark |
| 29 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 saw | nsubj |
| 30 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 did | parataxis |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 knight | det |
| 32 | knight | knight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 saw | obj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 sprang | punct |
| 34 | sprang | spring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 saw | conj |
| 35 | up | up | ADP | _ | 34 sprang | compound:prt |
| 36 | with | with | ADP | _ | 38 delay | case |
| 37 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 38 delay | det |
| 38 | delay | delay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 sprang | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 lifted | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 lifted | cc |
| 41 | lifted | lift | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 did | conj |
| 42 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 lifted | obj |
| 43 | from | from | ADP | _ | 45 saddle | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 saddle | det |
| 45 | saddle | saddle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 lifted | obl |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 set | cc |
| 47 | set | set | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 41 lifted | conj |
| 48 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 set | obj |
| 49 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 51 ground | case |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 ground | det |
| 51 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 set | obl |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 sit | punct |
| 53 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 57 sit | cc |
| 54 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 57 sit | nsubj |
| 55 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 57 sit | aux |
| 56 | neither | neither | ADV | _ | 57 sit | advmod |
| 57 | sit | sit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 41 lifted | conj |
| 58 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 walk | punct |
| 59 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 60 walk | cc |
| 60 | walk | walk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 57 sit | conj |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 64 much | punct |
| 62 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 64 much | cc |
| 63 | so | so | ADV | _ | 64 much | advmod |
| 64 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 57 sit | conj |
| 65 | as | as | ADP | _ | 66 stand | case |
| 66 | stand | stand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 much | nmod |
| 67 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 69 feet | case |
| 68 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 69 feet | nmod:poss |
| 69 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 64 much | obl |
| 70 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 72 fell | punct |
| 71 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 72 fell | cc |
| 72 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 did | conj |
| 73 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 75 earth | case |
| 74 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 75 earth | det |
| 75 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 72 fell | obl |
| 76 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 did | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | my lord | then | who nsubj | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 2 | is a | past | a full many courtesy | Knight's wont life | Knight nmod:poss; long property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | see | past | Knight | the knight | soon property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer knight=Stimulus | |||
| 4 | spring up | past | Knight not said here | with no delay | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | lift | past | my lord not said here | Knight | the saddle | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme from saddle=Destination | |||
| 6 | set | infinitive | my lord not said here | Knight | the ground | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme upon ground=Destination | |||
| 7 | sit | might | Knight | neither property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 8 | walk | infinitive | Knight not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 9 | fall | past | my lord not said here | the earth | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon earth=Location |
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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