Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 2, sentence 35
Then spake Sir Kay the seneschal: "God-wot I shall fetch Perceval, whether he will or no, and bring hither to court him whom ye praise so highly, and believe me well, were he wrought of iron, by the God who made me I will bring him living or dead!
Who acts: you, God wot, ye, wot, God, I · What happens: speak, fetch, bring, praise, believe, be · To what, where: Kay, Perceval, court, me · 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 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, God wot, ye, wot), 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 | 2 spake | advmod |
| 2 | spake | speak | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Sir | Sir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Kay | nmod:desc |
| 4 | Kay | Kay | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 spake | obj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 seneschal | det |
| 6 | seneschal | seneschal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 spake | obj |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 14 fetch | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 wot | punct |
| 9 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 wot | compound |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 God | punct |
| 11 | wot | wot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 fetch | nsubj |
| 12 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 fetch | nsubj |
| 13 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 fetch | aux |
| 14 | fetch | fetch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 spake | parataxis |
| 15 | Perceval | Perceval | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 fetch | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 will | punct |
| 17 | whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 19 will | mark |
| 18 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 will | nsubj |
| 19 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 fetch | advcl |
| 20 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 21 no | cc |
| 21 | no | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 19 will | conj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 bring | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 bring | cc |
| 24 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 fetch | conj |
| 25 | hither | hither | ADV | _ | 24 bring | advmod |
| 26 | to | to | PART | _ | 27 court | mark |
| 27 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 bring | obj |
| 28 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 court | nmod |
| 29 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 31 praise | obj |
| 30 | ye | ye | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 31 praise | nsubj |
| 31 | praise | praise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 court | acl:relcl |
| 32 | so | so | ADV | _ | 33 highly | advmod |
| 33 | highly | highly | ADV | _ | 31 praise | advmod |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 believe | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 believe | cc |
| 36 | believe | believe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 fetch | conj |
| 37 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 36 believe | obj |
| 38 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 36 believe | advmod |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 wrought | punct |
| 40 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 wrought | cop |
| 41 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 wrought | nsubj |
| 42 | wrought | wrought | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 fetch | conj |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 iron | case |
| 44 | iron | iron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 wrought | obl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 God | punct |
| 46 | by | by | ADP | _ | 48 God | case |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 God | det |
| 48 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 fetch | conj |
| 49 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 50 made | nsubj |
| 50 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 48 God | acl:relcl |
| 51 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 50 made | obj |
| 52 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 54 bring | nsubj |
| 53 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 54 bring | aux |
| 54 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 50 made | xcomp |
| 55 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 54 bring | obj |
| 56 | living | live | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 54 bring | xcomp |
| 57 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 58 dead | cc |
| 58 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 56 living | conj |
| 59 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 2 spake | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | speak speech: other | imperative | you not said here | Kay Sir | then | the seneschal obj | tree rules | ||
| 2 | fetch in a quote | shall | God wot | Perceval | I nsubj; the God conj | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent perceval=Theme | |||
| 3 | bring in a quote | infinitive | God wot not said here | court wot | hither property | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent court=Theme | |||
| 4 | praise in a quote | present | ye | court wot | highly property | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Theme | |||
| 5 | believe in a quote | infinitive | God wot not said here | me | well property | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | |||
| 6 | is in a quote | past | wot | of iron; wrought property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | make in a quote | past | the God | me | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | bring in a quote | future | I | Perceval | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | live in a quote | gerund | I not said here | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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