Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 2, sentence 49
When he is well entreated, and men do naught to vex him, then is he gentle as a lamb, but an ye rouse him to wrath then is he the fiercest wight of God's making--in such wise is he fashioned.
Who acts: men, Perceval, ye, such wise · What happens: entreat, do, vex, be, rouse, wrath · To what, where: Perceval, naught, fiercest wight
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 (men, Perceval, ye, such wise), 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 | 5 entreated | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 entreated | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 entreated | aux:pass |
| 4 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 entreated | advmod |
| 5 | entreated | entreat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 26 rouse | advcl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 do | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 do | cc |
| 8 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 do | nsubj |
| 9 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 entreated | conj |
| 10 | naught | naught | PRON | PronType=Neg | 9 do | obj |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 vex | mark |
| 12 | vex | vex | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 naught | acl |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 vex | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 gentle | punct |
| 15 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 18 gentle | advmod |
| 16 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 gentle | cop |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 gentle | nsubj |
| 18 | gentle | gentle | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 entreated | conj |
| 19 | as | as | ADP | _ | 21 lamb | case |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 lamb | det |
| 21 | lamb | lamb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 gentle | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 rouse | punct |
| 23 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 26 rouse | cc |
| 24 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 25 ye | det |
| 25 | ye | ye | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 26 rouse | nsubj |
| 26 | rouse | rouse | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 27 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 rouse | obj |
| 28 | to | to | PART | _ | 29 wrath | mark |
| 29 | wrath | wrath | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 35 wight | advcl |
| 30 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 29 wrath | advmod |
| 31 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 35 wight | cop |
| 32 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 wight | nsubj |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 wight | det |
| 34 | fiercest | fierce | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 35 wight | amod |
| 35 | wight | weight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 rouse | parataxis |
| 36 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 39 making | mark |
| 37 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 making | nmod:poss |
| 38 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 37 God | case |
| 39 | making | make | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 35 wight | advcl |
| 40 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 46 fashioned | punct |
| 41 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 46 fashioned | mark |
| 42 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 wise | amod |
| 43 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 fashioned | nsubj |
| 44 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 46 fashioned | cop |
| 45 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 fashioned | nsubj |
| 46 | fashioned | fashioned | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 rouse | parataxis |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 26 rouse | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | entreat | present · passive | Perceval | well property | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | do | present | men | naught | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent naught=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | vex | to-infinitive | men not said here | Perceval | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | is | present | Perceval | then | as a lamb; gentle property | tree rules | |||
| 5 | rouse | infinitive | ye | Perceval | vn stimulate-59.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ||||
| 6 | wrath | to-infinitive | Perceval not said here | then | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | is a | present | Perceval | the fiercest wight | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | make | gerund | Perceval not said here | God nmod:poss | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | ||||
| 9 | is | present | such wise | Perceval nsubj; fashioned 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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