Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 10, sentence 8

I rode in quest of Sir Lancelot awhile; and thereafter had I but little respite, since I brought my brother to court, where he was held in high honour, and so soon as he was made knight must I ride forth with him upon a journey which he would in no wise delay; for he was fain to avenge the harm done to our father many a year agone--that must ye understand.

Who acts: I, Sir, ye, Lancelot · What happens: rode, have, bring, hold, make, ride · To what, where: quest, I, brother, court, Sir, high honour

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, Sir, ye, Lancelot), 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	2 rode	nsubj
2	rode	rode	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 quest	case
4	quest	quest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rode	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 Lancelot	case
6	Sir	Sir	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Lancelot	nmod:desc
7	Lancelot	Lancelot	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 quest	nmod
8	awhile	awhile	ADV	_	7 Lancelot	advmod
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 had	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 had	cc
11	thereafter	thereafter	ADV	_	12 had	advmod
12	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 rode	parataxis
13	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 had	obj
14	but	but	CCONJ	_	16 respite	cc
15	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 respite	amod
16	respite	respite	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 I	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 brought	punct
18	since	since	SCONJ	_	20 brought	mark
19	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	20 brought	nsubj
20	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 had	conj
21	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 brother	nmod:poss
22	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 brought	obj
23	to	to	ADP	_	24 court	case
24	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 brought	obl
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 held	punct
26	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	29 held	advmod
27	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 held	nsubj
28	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 held	aux:pass
29	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	24 court	acl:relcl
30	in	in	ADP	_	32 honour	case
31	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 honour	amod
32	honour	honour	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 held	obl
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 ride	punct
34	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 ride	cc
35	so	so	ADV	_	36 soon	advmod
36	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	44 ride	advmod
37	as	as	SCONJ	_	40 made	mark
38	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 made	nsubj
39	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 made	aux:pass
40	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	36 soon	advcl
41	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 made	obj
42	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	44 ride	aux
43	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	44 ride	nsubj
44	ride	ride	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 rode	parataxis
45	forth	forth	ADV	_	44 ride	advmod
46	with	with	ADP	_	47 him	case
47	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 ride	obl
48	upon	upon	ADP	_	50 journey	case
49	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	50 journey	det
50	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 ride	obl
51	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	53 would	nsubj
52	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 would	nsubj
53	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	50 journey	acl:relcl
54	in	in	ADP	_	57 delay	case
55	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	57 delay	det
56	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	57 delay	amod
57	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 would	obl
58	;	;	PUNCT	_	62 fain	punct
59	for	for	SCONJ	_	62 fain	mark
60	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	62 fain	nsubj
61	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	62 fain	cop
62	fain	fain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 rode	conj
63	to	to	PART	_	64 avenge	mark
64	avenge	avenge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	62 fain	csubj
65	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	66 harm	det
66	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 avenge	obj
67	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	64 avenge	xcomp
68	to	to	ADP	_	70 father	case
69	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	70 father	nmod:poss
70	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 done	obl
71	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	67 done	obl
72	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	74 agone	det
73	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 agone	compound
74	agone	agone	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 many	appos
75	--	--	PUNCT	_	79 understand	punct
76	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	79 understand	obj
77	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	79 understand	aux
78	ye	ye	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	79 understand	nsubj
79	understand	understand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	74 agone	acl:relcl
80	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 rode	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	rode	present	I		quest of Lancelot Sir		tree rules
2	have	past		I		thereafter property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient
3	bring	past	I	my brother	court		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent brother=Theme to court=Destination
4	hold	past · passive		Sir	high honour		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in honour=Location
5	make	past · passive		Sir		knight obj	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary knight=Product
6	ride	must	I			with Sir; upon a journey; forth, soon property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
7	is	past	Sir			fain property	tree rules
8	avenge	to-infinitive		the harm			tree rules
9	do	participle		many		to our father	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
10	understand	must	ye	a year agone			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus
11	quest		Lancelot Sir				nom 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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Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 10, sentence 8