Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 12, sentence 59
When the others knew of this they came to him and besought his grace, and yielded to him all his heritage, and gave it into the hand of his mother, and became her men, to hold their lands henceforward from her.
Who acts: others · What happens: know, come, beseech, yield, give, become · To what, where: Morien, grace, heritage, hand, men, lands
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 (others), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 knew | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 others | det |
| 3 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 knew | nsubj |
| 4 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 came | advcl |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 this | case |
| 6 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 knew | obl |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 came | nsubj |
| 8 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 him | case |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 came | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 besought | cc |
| 12 | besought | beseech | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 came | conj |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 grace | nmod:poss |
| 14 | grace | grace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 besought | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 yielded | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 yielded | cc |
| 17 | yielded | yield | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 came | parataxis |
| 18 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 him | case |
| 19 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 yielded | obl |
| 20 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 22 heritage | det:predet |
| 21 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 heritage | nmod:poss |
| 22 | heritage | heritage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 yielded | obj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 gave | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 gave | cc |
| 25 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 yielded | conj |
| 26 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 gave | obj |
| 27 | into | into | ADP | _ | 29 hand | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 hand | det |
| 29 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 gave | obl |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 mother | case |
| 31 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 mother | nmod:poss |
| 32 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 hand | nmod |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 became | punct |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 became | cc |
| 35 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 came | parataxis |
| 36 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 men | nmod:poss |
| 37 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 became | obj |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 hold | punct |
| 39 | to | to | PART | _ | 40 hold | mark |
| 40 | hold | hold | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 35 became | conj |
| 41 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 lands | nmod:poss |
| 42 | lands | land | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 hold | obj |
| 43 | henceforward | henceforward | ADV | _ | 40 hold | advmod |
| 44 | from | from | ADP | _ | 45 her | case |
| 45 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 hold | obl |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | past | the others | of this | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of this=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | come | past | others = other | Morien | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial_Location | ||||
| 3 | beseech | past | others = other not said here | Morien's grace | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | yield | past | Morien's heritage | Morien | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent heritage=Theme to he=Goal | ||||
| 5 | give | past | heritage | the hand of Morien's mother | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 6 | become | past | press's men | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Patient man=Result | |||||
| 7 | hold | to-infinitive | others's lands | from press; henceforward property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Theme |
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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