Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 10, sentence 74
I would gladly go with ye, that may ye know of a truth, for your honour, and to do away your shame, were it not that I thus brought about my death; nevertheless, I have trust in mine uncle, who is so wise, that he shall make my peace with God, and bring me to eternal bliss.
Who acts: I, that, trust uncle, matter, your, my · What happens: go, know, do, away, be, not bring · To what, where: shame, honour, trust uncle, peace, me, eternal bliss
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 (I, that, trust uncle, matter), 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 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 go | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 go | aux |
| 3 | gladly | gladly | ADV | _ | 4 go | advmod |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 ye | case |
| 6 | ye | ye | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 4 go | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 know | punct |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 11 know | nsubj |
| 9 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 know | aux |
| 10 | ye | ye | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 11 know | nsubj |
| 11 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 go | conj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 truth | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 truth | det |
| 14 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 know | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 honour | punct |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 18 honour | case |
| 17 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 honour | nmod:poss |
| 18 | honour | honour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 truth | conj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 away | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 away | cc |
| 21 | to | to | PART | _ | 22 do | mark |
| 22 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 away | reparandum |
| 23 | away | away | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 go | conj |
| 24 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 shame | nmod:poss |
| 25 | shame | shame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 away | obj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 it | punct |
| 27 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 it | cop |
| 28 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 go | obl |
| 29 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 33 brought | advmod |
| 30 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 33 brought | mark |
| 31 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 33 brought | nsubj |
| 32 | thus | thus | ADV | _ | 33 brought | advmod |
| 33 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 go | advcl |
| 34 | about | about | ADP | _ | 36 death | case |
| 35 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 death | nmod:poss |
| 36 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 brought | obl |
| 37 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 41 have | punct |
| 38 | nevertheless | nevertheless | ADV | _ | 41 have | advmod |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 nevertheless | punct |
| 40 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 41 have | nsubj |
| 41 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 go | parataxis |
| 42 | trust | trust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 uncle | compound |
| 43 | in | in | ADP | _ | 44 mine | case |
| 44 | mine | my | PRON | Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 trust | nmod |
| 45 | uncle | uncle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 have | obj |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 wise | punct |
| 47 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 50 wise | nsubj |
| 48 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 50 wise | cop |
| 49 | so | so | ADV | _ | 50 wise | advmod |
| 50 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 uncle | acl:relcl |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 make | punct |
| 52 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 55 make | mark |
| 53 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 55 make | nsubj |
| 54 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 55 make | aux |
| 55 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 41 have | conj |
| 56 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 57 peace | nmod:poss |
| 57 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 make | obj |
| 58 | with | with | ADP | _ | 59 God | case |
| 59 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 55 make | obl |
| 60 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 bring | punct |
| 61 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 62 bring | cc |
| 62 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 go | conj |
| 63 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 62 bring | obj |
| 64 | to | to | ADP | _ | 66 bliss | case |
| 65 | eternal | eternal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 66 bliss | amod |
| 66 | bliss | bliss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 bring | obl |
| 67 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 go | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | would | I | with ye; gladly property | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with ye=Beneficiary | ||||
| 2 | know | may | that | of a truth and your honour; ye nsubj | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of truth=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | do | to-infinitive | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | away | infinitive | I not said here | your shame | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | is a | past | honour | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | not bring | past | I | about my death; thus property | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | have | present | I | trust uncle | nevertheless property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent uncle=Patient | |||
| 8 | is | present | trust uncle | wise property | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | make | shall | matter | my peace | with God | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peace=Product | |||
| 10 | bring | infinitive | I not said here | me | eternal bliss | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme to bliss=Destination | |||
| 11 | honour | your | nom honour «state transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 12 | shame | your | nom shame «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 13 | die | my | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 14 | pacify | my | nom peace «state transitive»: 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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