Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 12, sentence 72
And when the king heard of the coming of these three knights, then was he right joyful at that time; and when he learnt concerning Sir Agloval, how his wedding feast had been held, and of the valiant deeds that Morien had done in his own land, then were king and queen alike glad at heart.
Who acts: king, Morien · What happens: hear, come, be, learn, concern, hold · To what, where: Agloval, wedding feast, own land, king · 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 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 heard | cc |
| 2 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 heard | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 king | det |
| 4 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 heard | nsubj |
| 5 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 8 coming | mark |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 coming | det |
| 8 | coming | come | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 heard | ccomp |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 knights | case |
| 10 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 12 knights | det |
| 11 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 knights | nummod |
| 12 | knights | knight | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 coming | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 heard | punct |
| 14 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 18 joyful | advmod |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 joyful | cop |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 joyful | nsubj |
| 17 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 joyful | amod |
| 18 | joyful | joyful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 heard | parataxis |
| 19 | at | at | ADP | _ | 21 time | case |
| 20 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 21 time | det |
| 21 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 joyful | obl |
| 22 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 26 learnt | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 learnt | cc |
| 24 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 26 learnt | advmod |
| 25 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 learnt | nsubj |
| 26 | learnt | learn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 heard | conj |
| 27 | concerning | concern | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 26 learnt | xcomp |
| 28 | Sir | Sir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 Agloval | nmod:desc |
| 29 | Agloval | Agloval | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 concerning | obj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 held | punct |
| 31 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 37 held | advmod |
| 32 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 feast | nmod:poss |
| 33 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 feast | compound |
| 34 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 held | nsubj:pass |
| 35 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 held | aux |
| 36 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 37 held | aux:pass |
| 37 | held | hold | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 29 Agloval | acl:relcl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 deeds | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 deeds | cc |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 valiant | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 valiant | det |
| 42 | valiant | valiant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 deeds | obl |
| 43 | deeds | deed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 heard | conj |
| 44 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 47 done | mark |
| 45 | Morien | Morien | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 done | nsubj |
| 46 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 47 done | aux |
| 47 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 43 deeds | advcl |
| 48 | in | in | ADP | _ | 51 land | case |
| 49 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 51 land | nmod:poss |
| 50 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 land | amod |
| 51 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 done | obl |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 king | punct |
| 53 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 55 king | advmod |
| 54 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 55 king | cop |
| 55 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 deeds | obl |
| 56 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 57 queen | cc |
| 57 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 king | conj |
| 58 | alike | alike | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 59 glad | amod |
| 59 | glad | glad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 55 king | nmod |
| 60 | at | at | ADP | _ | 61 heart | case |
| 61 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 glad | obl |
| 62 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 heard | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | past | the king | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | come | gerund | of this three knights | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme of knight=Initial_Location | |||||
| 3 | is | past | king | then; time | joyful property | tree rules | |||
| 4 | learn | past | king | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 5 | concern | gerund | king not said here | Agloval Sir | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus agloval=Experiencer | ||||
| 6 | hold | past · perfect · passive | king's wedding feast | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 7 | deed | present | the king not said here | of the valiant | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | do | past · perfect | Morien | king's own land | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 9 | is a | past | king and queen | then | alike glad at heart nmod; queen conj | 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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