Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 11, sentence 34
For he had sworn a great oath, nor would he lightly break it, that might he win the castle he should spare no man of all that were within, but should put such shame upon them, and on the queen, that men should speak thereof for all time.
Who acts: man, that, men · What happens: swear, break, win, spare, put, speak · To what, where: great oath, oath, castle, man, such shame · 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 (man, that, men), 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 | For | for | SCONJ | _ | 4 sworn | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 sworn | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 sworn | aux |
| 4 | sworn | swear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 49 speak | advcl |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 oath | det |
| 6 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 oath | amod |
| 7 | oath | oath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sworn | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 break | punct |
| 9 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 13 break | cc |
| 10 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 break | aux |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 break | nsubj |
| 12 | lightly | lightly | ADV | _ | 13 break | advmod |
| 13 | break | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 sworn | parataxis |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 break | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 win | punct |
| 16 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 19 win | nsubj |
| 17 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 19 win | aux |
| 18 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 win | nsubj |
| 19 | win | win | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 break | parataxis |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 castle | det |
| 21 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 win | obj |
| 22 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 spare | nsubj |
| 23 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 24 spare | aux |
| 24 | spare | spare | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 win | conj |
| 25 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 26 man | det |
| 26 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 spare | obj |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 within | case |
| 28 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 31 within | det:predet |
| 29 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 31 within | nsubj |
| 30 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 within | cop |
| 31 | within | within | ADP | _ | 26 man | acl:relcl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 put | punct |
| 33 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 35 put | cc |
| 34 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 35 put | aux |
| 35 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 win | conj |
| 36 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 shame | amod |
| 37 | shame | shame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 put | obj |
| 38 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 39 them | case |
| 39 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 put | obl |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 speak | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 speak | cc |
| 42 | on | on | ADP | _ | 44 queen | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 queen | det |
| 44 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 speak | obl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 speak | punct |
| 46 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 49 speak | mark |
| 47 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 speak | nsubj |
| 48 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 49 speak | aux |
| 49 | speak | speak | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 50 | thereof | thereof | ADV | _ | 53 time | advmod |
| 51 | for | for | ADP | _ | 53 time | case |
| 52 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 53 time | det |
| 53 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 speak | obl:unmarked |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 49 speak | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swear | past · perfect | man | a great oath | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent oath=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | break | would | man | oath | lightly property | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Patient | |||
| 3 | win | might | that | the castle | man nsubj | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent castle=Eventuality | |||
| 4 | spare | should | man | no man | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent man=Asset | ||||
| 5 | put | should | that not said here | such shame | upon matters = matter | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent shame=Theme upon they=Destination | |||
| 6 | speak speech: other | should | men | time | on the queen | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=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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