Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 2, sentence 53
Quoth the Father of Adventure, "By the might of our Lord, and by His name, who ruleth in heaven, henceforth I will not rest in one place more than one night or two, but will ride ever till I have found Perceval, or learnt certain tidings of his doings; and I will bring him to court an he be minded to ride with me--further will I not vaunt myself."
Who acts: name, ye, lord · What happens: rule, not rest, ride, find, learn, bring · To what, where: heaven, one place, Perceval, certain tidings, court, an
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 (name, ye, lord), 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 | Quoth | Quoth | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Father | det |
| 3 | Father | Father | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Quoth | appos |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Adventure | case |
| 5 | Adventure | adventure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 Father | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 Lord | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 Lord | punct |
| 8 | By | by | ADP | _ | 13 Lord | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Lord | det |
| 10 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 Lord | aux |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 Lord | case |
| 12 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 Lord | nmod:poss |
| 13 | Lord | Lord | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Father | appos |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 name | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 name | cc |
| 16 | by | by | ADP | _ | 18 name | case |
| 17 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 name | nmod:poss |
| 18 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 Lord | appos |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 ruleth | punct |
| 20 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 21 ruleth | nsubj |
| 21 | ruleth | rule | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 name | parataxis |
| 22 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 heaven | case |
| 23 | heaven | heaven | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 ruleth | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 rest | punct |
| 25 | henceforth | henceforth | ADV | _ | 29 rest | advmod |
| 26 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 29 rest | nsubj |
| 27 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 29 rest | aux |
| 28 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 29 rest | advmod |
| 29 | rest | rest | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 ruleth | conj |
| 30 | in | in | ADP | _ | 32 place | case |
| 31 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 32 place | nummod |
| 32 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 rest | obl |
| 33 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 32 place | amod |
| 34 | than | than | ADP | _ | 36 night | case |
| 35 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 36 night | nummod |
| 36 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 more | obl |
| 37 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 38 two | cc |
| 38 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 36 night | conj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 ride | punct |
| 40 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 42 ride | cc |
| 41 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 42 ride | aux |
| 42 | ride | ride | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 rest | conj |
| 43 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 42 ride | advmod |
| 44 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 47 found | mark |
| 45 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 47 found | nsubj |
| 46 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 47 found | aux |
| 47 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 42 ride | advcl |
| 48 | Perceval | Perceval | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 found | obj |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 learnt | punct |
| 50 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 51 learnt | cc |
| 51 | learnt | learn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 47 found | conj |
| 52 | certain | certain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 53 tidings | amod |
| 53 | tidings | tiding | NOUN | Number=Plur | 51 learnt | obj |
| 54 | of | of | ADP | _ | 56 doings | case |
| 55 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 56 doings | nmod:poss |
| 56 | doings | doing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 53 tidings | nmod |
| 57 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 61 bring | punct |
| 58 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 61 bring | cc |
| 59 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 61 bring | nsubj |
| 60 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 61 bring | aux |
| 61 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 ruleth | conj |
| 62 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 61 bring | obj |
| 63 | to | to | ADP | _ | 64 court | case |
| 64 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 bring | obl |
| 65 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 68 minded | nsubj:pass |
| 66 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 68 minded | nsubj |
| 67 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 68 minded | aux:pass |
| 68 | minded | mind | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 61 bring | conj |
| 69 | to | to | PART | _ | 70 ride | mark |
| 70 | ride | ride | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 68 minded | xcomp |
| 71 | with | with | ADP | _ | 72 me | case |
| 72 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 70 ride | obl |
| 73 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 75 will | punct |
| 74 | further | further | ADV | _ | 75 will | advmod |
| 75 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 78 vaunt | aux |
| 76 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 78 vaunt | nsubj |
| 77 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 78 vaunt | advmod |
| 78 | vaunt | vaunt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 70 ride | conj |
| 79 | myself | myself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 78 vaunt | obj |
| 80 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 18 name | punct |
| 81 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 Lord | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rule in a quote | present | lord's name | heaven | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | not rest in a quote | future | ye | one place | henceforth property | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent in place=Location | |||
| 3 | ride in a quote | future | ye not said here | ever | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | find in a quote | present · perfect | ye | Perceval | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent perceval=Topic | ||||
| 5 | learn in a quote | participle | ye not said here | certain tidings of lord's doings | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tiding=Topic | ||||
| 6 | bring in a quote | future | ye | Perceval | court | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to court=Destination | |||
| 7 | mind in a quote | infinitive · passive | an | Perceval nsubj | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | ride in a quote | to-infinitive | with ye | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 9 | not vaunt in a quote | future | ye | ye | tree rules | ||||
| 11 | name in a quote | lord | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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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