Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 11, sentence 14
So soon as he saw the stranger upon the steed, and Lancelot, who lay there wounded, he rode fast towards him, and drew out his good sword, and cried, "Abide ye still, Sir Murderer, for this beast have ye slain my comrade, that do I see right well."
Who acts: traitor, Lancelot, that · What happens: see, lie, ride, draw out, cry, abide · To what, where: stranger, good sword, ye, beast · 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 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (traitor, Lancelot, that), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 2 soon | advmod |
| 2 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 saw | advmod |
| 3 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 5 saw | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 saw | nsubj |
| 5 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 stranger | det |
| 7 | stranger | stranger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 saw | obj |
| 8 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 10 steed | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 steed | det |
| 10 | steed | steed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 stranger | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 lay | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 lay | cc |
| 13 | Lancelot | Lancelot | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 lay | nsubj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 lay | punct |
| 15 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 16 lay | nsubj |
| 16 | lay | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 saw | advcl |
| 17 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 16 lay | advmod |
| 18 | wounded | wounded | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 lay | xcomp |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 rode | punct |
| 20 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 rode | nsubj |
| 21 | rode | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 saw | conj |
| 22 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 21 rode | advmod |
| 23 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 24 him | case |
| 24 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 rode | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 drew | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 drew | cc |
| 27 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 saw | conj |
| 28 | out | out | ADP | _ | 27 drew | compound:prt |
| 29 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 sword | nmod:poss |
| 30 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 sword | amod |
| 31 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 drew | obj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 cried | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 cried | cc |
| 34 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 saw | conj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 Abide | punct |
| 36 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 37 Abide | punct |
| 37 | Abide | abide | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 cried | conj |
| 38 | ye | ye | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 37 Abide | obj |
| 39 | still | still | ADV | _ | 37 Abide | advmod |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 Murderer | punct |
| 41 | Sir | Sir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 Murderer | nmod:desc |
| 42 | Murderer | Murderer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 Abide | obl |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 beast | punct |
| 44 | for | for | ADP | _ | 46 beast | case |
| 45 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 46 beast | det |
| 46 | beast | beast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 slain | nsubj:pass |
| 47 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 49 slain | aux |
| 48 | ye | ye | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 49 slain | nsubj:pass |
| 49 | slain | slay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 34 cried | conj |
| 50 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 51 comrade | nmod:poss |
| 51 | comrade | comrade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 slain | obj |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 see | punct |
| 53 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 56 see | nsubj |
| 54 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 56 see | aux |
| 55 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 56 see | nsubj |
| 56 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 saw | conj |
| 57 | right | right | ADV | _ | 58 well | advmod |
| 58 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 56 see | advmod |
| 59 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 56 see | punct |
| 60 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 56 see | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | traitor | the stranger | upon the steed; soon property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stranger=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | lie | past | Lancelot | there | who nsubj; wounded property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 3 | ride | past | traitor | towards Lancelot; fast property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent towards he=Trajectory | ||||
| 4 | draw out | past | traitor not said here | Lancelot's good sword | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | ||||
| 5 | cry speech: express | past | traitor not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | abide in a quote | infinitive | traitor not said here | ye | still | Murderer Sir obl | tree rules | ||
| 7 | slay in a quote | present · perfect · passive | this beast | ye nsubj:pass; my comrade obj | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | see in a quote | present · do-support | that | I nsubj; well property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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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