Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 10, sentence 32

Then spake Morien to his father, even as ye shall hear, and said he would ride thence, and was fain to know, without contention, if he would come with him to his mother, and do that which he promised when he departed from her, for the sake of God and of his own honour, and for their profit.

Who acts: you, ye, Knight, Twas · What happens: speak, hear, say, ride, be, know · To what, where: Morien, contention, that · 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 10. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, ye, Knight, Twas), 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	2 spake	advmod
2	spake	speak	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Morien	Morien	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 spake	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 father	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 father	nmod:poss
6	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spake	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 hear	punct
8	even	even	ADV	_	12 hear	advmod
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 hear	mark
10	ye	ye	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	12 hear	nsubj
11	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 hear	aux
12	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 spake	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 said	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 said	cc
15	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 hear	conj
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 ride	nsubj
17	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 ride	aux
18	ride	ride	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 said	ccomp
19	thence	thence	ADV	_	18 ride	advmod
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 fain	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 fain	cc
22	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 fain	cop
23	fain	fain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 said	ccomp
24	to	to	PART	_	25 know	mark
25	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 fain	csubj
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 contention	punct
27	without	without	ADP	_	28 contention	case
28	contention	contention	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 know	obj
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 come	punct
30	if	if	SCONJ	_	33 come	mark
31	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	33 come	nsubj
32	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	33 come	aux
33	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	25 know	conj
34	with	with	ADP	_	35 him	case
35	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	33 come	obl
36	to	to	ADP	_	38 mother	case
37	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	38 mother	nmod:poss
38	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 come	obl
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 do	punct
40	and	and	CCONJ	_	41 do	cc
41	do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 spake	conj
42	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	41 do	obj
43	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	45 promised	obj
44	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 promised	nsubj
45	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 do	advcl
46	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	48 departed	advmod
47	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 departed	nsubj
48	departed	depart	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 promised	ccomp
49	from	from	ADP	_	50 her	case
50	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 departed	obl
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 sake	punct
52	for	for	ADP	_	54 sake	case
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 sake	det
54	sake	sake	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 departed	obl
55	of	of	ADP	_	56 God	case
56	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	54 sake	nmod
57	and	and	CCONJ	_	61 honour	cc
58	of	of	ADP	_	61 honour	case
59	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	61 honour	nmod:poss
60	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	61 honour	amod
61	honour	honour	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 God	conj
62	,	,	PUNCT	_	66 profit	punct
63	and	and	CCONJ	_	66 profit	cc
64	for	for	ADP	_	66 profit	case
65	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	66 profit	nmod:poss
66	profit	profit	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 do	obl
67	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 spake	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	imperative	you not said here	Morien	then	to Knight's father	tree rules
2	hear	shall	ye				vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
3	say speech: assert	past	ye not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	ride	would	Knight			thence property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
5	is	past				fain property	tree rules
6	know	to-infinitive		contention			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer contention=Stimulus
7	come a condition, not said to happen	would	Knight			with hermit; to Knight's mother	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to mother=Initial_Location
8	do	infinitive	you not said here	that		for Twas's profit	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality
9	promise speech: promise	past	Knight			which obj	vn promise-37.13 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent which=Recipient clause=Topic
10	depart	past	Knight			from Morien; for the sake of God and Knight's own honour	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from she=Initial_Location
11	honour		Knight				nom honour «state transitive»: poss=agent
12	profit		Twas = twa				nom profit «possession intransitive»: poss=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 10, sentence 32

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Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 10, sentence 32