Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 12, sentence 68
When the feast was ended, and all the nobles departed, and all had taken leave, then was it in the mind of Sir Gawain, Sir Lancelot, and Sir Perceval to betake them straightway to King Arthur's court, for 'twas nigh to Pentecost, and the king (thus do I read the tale) would hold high court (greater was never held) on behalf of Galahad, Sir Lancelot's son, for that this hero should then come to court, and receive the honour of knighthood.
Who acts: feast, nobles, Sir, I, king, high court · What happens: be, depart, take, betake, do, read · To what, where: all, leave, mind, nobles, tale, high court
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 (feast, nobles, Sir, I), 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 | SCONJ | _ | 5 ended | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 feast | det |
| 3 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ended | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 ended | cop |
| 5 | ended | ended | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 betake | advcl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 departed | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 departed | cc |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 nobles | det:predet |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 nobles | det |
| 10 | nobles | noble | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 departed | nsubj |
| 11 | departed | depart | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 ended | parataxis |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 taken | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 taken | cc |
| 14 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 16 taken | nsubj:pass |
| 15 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 taken | aux |
| 16 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 departed | conj |
| 17 | leave | leave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 taken | obj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 it | punct |
| 19 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 21 it | advmod |
| 20 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 it | cop |
| 21 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 ended | advcl |
| 22 | in | in | ADP | _ | 24 mind | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 mind | det |
| 24 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 it | nmod |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 Gawain | case |
| 26 | Sir | Sir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 Gawain | nmod:desc |
| 27 | Gawain | Gawain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 mind | nmod |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 Sir | punct |
| 29 | Sir | Sir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 Gawain | appos |
| 30 | Lancelot | Lancelot | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 Sir | flat |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 betake | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 betake | cc |
| 33 | Sir | Sir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 betake | nsubj |
| 34 | Perceval | Perceval | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 Sir | flat |
| 35 | to | to | PART | _ | 36 betake | mark |
| 36 | betake | betake | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 37 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 betake | obj |
| 38 | straightway | straightway | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 betake | obj |
| 39 | to | to | ADP | _ | 43 court | case |
| 40 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 Arthur | compound |
| 41 | Arthur | Arthur | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 court | nmod:poss |
| 42 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 41 Arthur | case |
| 43 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 straightway | nmod |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 twas | punct |
| 45 | for | for | ADP | _ | 47 twas | case |
| 46 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 47 twas | punct |
| 47 | twas | twa | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 betake | obl |
| 48 | nigh | nigh | ADV | _ | 50 Pentecost | advmod |
| 49 | to | to | ADP | _ | 50 Pentecost | case |
| 50 | Pentecost | Pentecost | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 twas | nmod |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 64 hold | punct |
| 52 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 64 hold | cc |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 king | det |
| 54 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 hold | nsubj |
| 55 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 57 do | punct |
| 56 | thus | thus | ADV | _ | 57 do | advmod |
| 57 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 54 king | parataxis |
| 58 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 59 read | nsubj |
| 59 | read | read | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 57 do | acl:relcl |
| 60 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 61 tale | det |
| 61 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 read | obj |
| 62 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 57 do | punct |
| 63 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 64 hold | aux |
| 64 | hold | hold | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 36 betake | conj |
| 65 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 66 court | amod |
| 66 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 hold | obj |
| 67 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 71 held | punct |
| 68 | greater | great | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 71 held | nsubj:pass |
| 69 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 71 held | aux:pass |
| 70 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 71 held | advmod |
| 71 | held | hold | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 66 court | acl:relcl |
| 72 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 71 held | punct |
| 73 | on | on | ADP | _ | 74 behalf | case |
| 74 | behalf | behalf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 hold | obl |
| 75 | of | of | ADP | _ | 76 Galahad | case |
| 76 | Galahad | Galahad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 74 behalf | nmod |
| 77 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 81 son | punct |
| 78 | Sir | Sir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 79 Lancelot | nmod:desc |
| 79 | Lancelot | Lancelot | PROPN | Number=Sing | 81 son | nmod:poss |
| 80 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 79 Lancelot | case |
| 81 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 76 Galahad | appos |
| 82 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 89 come | punct |
| 83 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 89 come | mark |
| 84 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 89 come | mark |
| 85 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 86 hero | det |
| 86 | hero | hero | NOUN | Number=Sing | 89 come | nsubj |
| 87 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 89 come | aux |
| 88 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 89 come | advmod |
| 89 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 64 hold | conj |
| 90 | to | to | ADP | _ | 91 court | case |
| 91 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 89 come | obl |
| 92 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 94 receive | punct |
| 93 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 94 receive | cc |
| 94 | receive | receive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 36 betake | conj |
| 95 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 96 honour | det |
| 96 | honour | honour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 94 receive | obj |
| 97 | of | of | ADP | _ | 98 knighthood | case |
| 98 | knighthood | knighthood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 96 honour | nmod |
| 99 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 36 betake | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the feast | ended property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | depart | past | all nobles | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | take | past · perfect · passive | all | leave obj | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme leave=Destination | ||||
| 4 | is a | past | the feast not said here | leave | the mind of Gawain Sir | then | tree rules | ||
| 5 | betake | to-infinitive | Sir | nobles = noble | for twas to Pentecost; straightway obj | tree rules | |||
| 6 | do | present | thus property | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | read | past | I | the tale | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tale=Topic | ||||
| 8 | hold | would | the king | high court | behalf of Galahad | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent court=Theme on behalf=Location | |||
| 9 | not hold | past · passive | high court not said here | greater | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 10 | come | should | this hero | court | then | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to court=Initial_Location | |||
| 11 | receive | infinitive | Sir not said here | the honour of knighthood | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent honour=Theme | ||||
| 12 | mind | Gawain Sir | nom mind «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 13 | honour | knighthood | nom honour «state transitive»: of=patient |
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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