Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 12, sentence 43

The adventure maketh known that when the strife was ended, and Arthur's land once more at peace, Morien bethought him that he would make his father be wedded to the lady, his mother; and he prayed his uncle to journey with him if he would, and Sir Perceval was right willing thereto.

Who acts: adventure, land, strife, Morien, Perceval · What happens: make, know, be, bethink, wed, pray · To what, where: land, adventure, father, uncle

This is a sentence of «Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch» by Jessie L. Weston, Opening, part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (adventure, land, strife, Morien), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 adventure	det
2	adventure	adventure	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 maketh	nsubj
3	maketh	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 maketh	xcomp
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 ended	mark
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	10 ended	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 strife	det
8	strife	strife	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ended	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 ended	cop
10	ended	ended	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 known	advcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 land	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 land	cc
13	Arthur	Arthur	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 land	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 Arthur	case
15	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 maketh	obl
16	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	17 more	advmod
17	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 maketh	advmod
18	at	at	ADP	_	19 peace	case
19	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 more	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 bethought	punct
21	Morien	Morien	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 bethought	nsubj
22	bethought	bethink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 maketh	conj
23	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 bethought	obj
24	that	that	SCONJ	_	27 make	mark
25	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 make	nsubj
26	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	27 make	aux
27	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 bethought	advcl
28	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	29 father	nmod:poss
29	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 wedded	nsubj
30	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	31 wedded	aux:pass
31	wedded	wed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	27 make	xcomp
32	to	to	ADP	_	34 lady	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 lady	det
34	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 wedded	obl
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 mother	punct
36	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	37 mother	nmod:poss
37	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 lady	conj
38	;	;	PUNCT	_	41 prayed	punct
39	and	and	CCONJ	_	41 prayed	cc
40	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	41 prayed	nsubj
41	prayed	pray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 maketh	parataxis
42	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	43 uncle	nmod:poss
43	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 prayed	obj
44	to	to	PART	_	45 journey	mark
45	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 uncle	conj
46	with	with	ADP	_	47 him	case
47	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 journey	nmod
48	if	if	SCONJ	_	50 would	mark
49	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 would	nsubj
50	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	41 prayed	advcl
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 willing	punct
52	and	and	CCONJ	_	57 willing	cc
53	Sir	Sir	PROPN	Number=Sing	54 Perceval	nmod:desc
54	Perceval	Perceval	PROPN	Number=Sing	57 willing	nsubj
55	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	57 willing	cop
56	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	57 willing	amod
57	willing	willing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	41 prayed	conj
58	thereto	thereto	ADV	_	57 willing	advmod
59	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 maketh	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	present	the adventure	Arthur's land		tree rules
2	know	participle	Arthur's land not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is	past	the strife		ended property	tree rules
4	bethink	past	Morien	adventure		tree rules
5	make	would	Morien			tree rules
6	wed	infinitive · passive		Morien's father	to the lady and Morien's mother	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to lady=Co-Patient
7	pray	past	Morien	Morien's uncle and journey with father		tree rules
8	is	past	Perceval Sir		thereto, willing property	tree rules

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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🌲 Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 12, sentence 43

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Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 12, sentence 43