Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 11, sentence 58
Then Sir Gawain bethought him that 'twere best they rode within the castle which was a fair burg, and strong; and that they should there greet the knights and strangers who might be within, bidding them trust in God that He would bring their matter to a good ending.
Who acts: Sir, best, castle, tidings · What happens: bethink, ride, be, greet, bid, trust · To what, where: Gawain, fair burg, knights, tidings, matter, good ending
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 (Sir, best, castle, tidings), 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 | 4 bethought | advmod |
| 2 | Sir | Sir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 bethought | nsubj |
| 3 | Gawain | Gawain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Sir | flat |
| 4 | bethought | bethink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 bethought | obj |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 11 rode | mark |
| 7 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 9 best | punct |
| 8 | twere | twere | ADV | _ | 9 best | advmod |
| 9 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 11 rode | nsubj |
| 10 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 rode | nsubj |
| 11 | rode | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 bethought | advcl |
| 12 | within | within | ADP | _ | 14 castle | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 castle | det |
| 14 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 rode | obl |
| 15 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 burg | nsubj |
| 16 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 burg | cop |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 burg | det |
| 18 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 burg | amod |
| 19 | burg | burg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 castle | acl:relcl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 strong | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 strong | cc |
| 22 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 rode | conj |
| 23 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 29 greet | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 greet | cc |
| 25 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 29 greet | mark |
| 26 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 greet | nsubj |
| 27 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 29 greet | aux |
| 28 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 29 greet | advmod |
| 29 | greet | greet | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 bethought | parataxis |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 knights | det |
| 31 | knights | knight | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 greet | obj |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 strangers | cc |
| 33 | strangers | stranger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 knights | conj |
| 34 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 37 within | nsubj |
| 35 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 37 within | aux |
| 36 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 37 within | cop |
| 37 | within | within | ADP | _ | 31 knights | acl:relcl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 bidding | punct |
| 39 | bidding | bid | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 29 greet | advcl |
| 40 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 bidding | obj |
| 41 | trust | trust | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 39 bidding | xcomp |
| 42 | in | in | ADP | _ | 43 God | case |
| 43 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 trust | obl |
| 44 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 47 bring | mark |
| 45 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 bring | nsubj |
| 46 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 47 bring | aux |
| 47 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 41 trust | ccomp |
| 48 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 matter | nmod:poss |
| 49 | matter | matter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 bring | obj |
| 50 | to | to | ADP | _ | 53 ending | case |
| 51 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 53 ending | det |
| 52 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 53 ending | amod |
| 53 | ending | ending | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 bring | obl |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 bethought | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bethink | past | Sir | Gawain | then | tree rules | |||
| 2 | ride | past | best | within the castle; tidings = tiding nsubj | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | is a | past | the castle | a fair burg | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | greet speech: greet | should | tidings = tiding | the knights and strangers | there | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knight=Theme | |||
| 5 | bid | gerund | tidings = tiding not said here | tidings = tiding | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | trust | infinitive | tidings = tiding not said here | in God | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||
| 7 | bring | would | Sir | tidings's matter | a good ending | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent matter=Theme to ending=Destination | |||
| 8 | matter | tidings = tiding | nom matter «cognition intransitive»: poss=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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