Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 10, sentence 85
Then all thanked Morien, deeming that as at that time no better counsel might be found; and Sir Gariët and Morien alike besought of Sir Perceval that he would ride with them, to aid the queen and release King Arthur, and bring comfort to his land.
Who acts: Gariët, Sir · What happens: thank, deem, find, beseech, ride, aid · To what, where: Morien, that, better counsel, queen, King Arthur, comfort
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 (Gariët, Sir), 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 | 3 thanked | advmod |
| 2 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 thanked | advmod |
| 3 | thanked | thank | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | Morien | Morien | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 thanked | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 deeming | punct |
| 6 | deeming | deem | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 thanked | advcl |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 deeming | obj |
| 8 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 17 found | mark |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 time | case |
| 10 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 11 time | det |
| 11 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 found | obl |
| 12 | no | no | ADV | _ | 13 better | advmod |
| 13 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 14 counsel | amod |
| 14 | counsel | counsel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 found | nsubj:pass |
| 15 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 found | aux |
| 16 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 17 found | aux:pass |
| 17 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 deeming | advcl |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 25 besought | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 Gariët | cc |
| 20 | Sir | Sir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 Gariët | nmod:desc |
| 21 | Gariët | Gariët | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 besought | nsubj |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 Morien | cc |
| 23 | Morien | Morien | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 Gariët | conj |
| 24 | alike | alike | ADV | _ | 25 besought | advmod |
| 25 | besought | beseech | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 thanked | conj |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 Sir | case |
| 27 | Sir | Sir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 besought | obl |
| 28 | Perceval | Perceval | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 Sir | flat |
| 29 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 32 ride | mark |
| 30 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 ride | nsubj |
| 31 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 32 ride | aux |
| 32 | ride | ride | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 besought | advcl |
| 33 | with | with | ADP | _ | 34 them | case |
| 34 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 ride | obl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 aid | punct |
| 36 | to | to | PART | _ | 37 aid | mark |
| 37 | aid | aid | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 32 ride | conj |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 queen | det |
| 39 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 aid | obj |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 release | cc |
| 41 | release | release | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 37 aid | conj |
| 42 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 Arthur | compound |
| 43 | Arthur | Arthur | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 release | obj |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 bring | punct |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 bring | cc |
| 46 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 thanked | conj |
| 47 | comfort | comfort | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 bring | obj |
| 48 | to | to | ADP | _ | 50 land | case |
| 49 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 50 land | nmod:poss |
| 50 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 bring | obl |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 thanked | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | thank speech: thank | past | Morien | then | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent morien=Theme | ||||
| 2 | deem | gerund | that | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent that=Attribute | |||||
| 3 | find | might · passive | better counsel | time | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | ||||
| 4 | beseech | past | Gariët Sir and Morien | of Sir; alike property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | ride | would | Sir | with Gariët | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | aid | to-infinitive | Sir not said here | the queen | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Beneficiary | ||||
| 7 | release | present | Sir not said here | King Arthur | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer arthur=Source | ||||
| 8 | bring | infinitive | comfort | Sir's land | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent comfort=Theme to land=Destination |
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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