Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 11, sentence 45
And the goodman answered straight-way: "They deem that all is lost; the King cometh hither to this castle that standeth here, and the people of the land know not what they may do, they must lose their goods and all they possess.
Who acts: goodman, knights, King, castle, people · What happens: answer, deem, lose, come, stand, not know · To what, where: way, all, castle, goods · 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 (goodman, knights, King, castle), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 answered | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 goodman | det |
| 3 | goodman | goodman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 answered | nsubj |
| 4 | answered | answer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 7 way | advmod |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 straight | punct |
| 7 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 answered | ccomp |
| 8 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 11 deem | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 deem | punct |
| 10 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 deem | nsubj |
| 11 | deem | deem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 way | acl:relcl |
| 12 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 15 lost | mark |
| 13 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 15 lost | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 lost | aux:pass |
| 15 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 deem | advcl |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 19 cometh | punct |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 King | det |
| 18 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 cometh | nsubj |
| 19 | cometh | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 answered | parataxis |
| 20 | hither | hither | ADV | _ | 19 cometh | advmod |
| 21 | to | to | ADP | _ | 23 castle | case |
| 22 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 23 castle | det |
| 23 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 cometh | obl |
| 24 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 25 standeth | nsubj |
| 25 | standeth | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 castle | acl:relcl |
| 26 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 25 standeth | advmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 know | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 know | cc |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 people | det |
| 30 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 know | nsubj |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 land | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 land | det |
| 33 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 people | nmod |
| 34 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 cometh | conj |
| 35 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 34 know | advmod |
| 36 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 39 do | obj |
| 37 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 do | nsubj |
| 38 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 39 do | aux |
| 39 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 know | ccomp |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 lose | punct |
| 41 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 lose | nsubj |
| 42 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 43 lose | aux |
| 43 | lose | lose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 cometh | conj |
| 44 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 45 goods | nmod:poss |
| 45 | goods | goods | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 43 lose | obj |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 all | cc |
| 47 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 45 goods | conj |
| 48 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 possess | nsubj |
| 49 | possess | possess | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 47 all | acl:relcl |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 answered | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | answer speech: assert | past | the goodman | way ccomp | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | deem in a quote | present | knights = knight | way not said here | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent way=Attribute | ||||
| 3 | lose in a quote | present · passive | all | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | come in a quote | present | the King | this castle | hither property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to castle=Initial_Location | |||
| 5 | stand in a quote | present | this castle | here | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | not know in a quote | present | the people of the land | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 7 | do in a quote | may | knights = knight | what obj | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ||||
| 8 | lose in a quote | must | knights = knight | knights's goods | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goods=Eventuality | ||||
| 9 | possess in a quote | present | knights = knight | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
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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