Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 2, sentence 64
Rather will I try what may chance, and adventure all that God hath given me, for he sought me with all his power when I was in secret case, and brought me once more to court--for that do I owe him faith and fellowship."
Who acts: Rather, God, I · What happens: try, adventure, have, give, seek, be · To what, where: me, secret case, court, faith, God
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 (Rather, God, 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 | Rather | rather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 try | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 try | aux |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 try | nsubj |
| 4 | try | try | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 try | obj |
| 6 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 what | acl:relcl |
| 7 | chance | chance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 may | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 adventure | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 adventure | cc |
| 10 | adventure | adventure | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 try | parataxis |
| 11 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 that | det:predet |
| 12 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 13 God | det |
| 13 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 hath | nsubj |
| 14 | hath | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 adventure | ccomp |
| 15 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 hath | ccomp |
| 16 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 given | iobj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 sought | punct |
| 18 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 20 sought | mark |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 sought | nsubj |
| 20 | sought | seek | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 adventure | conj |
| 21 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 20 sought | obj |
| 22 | with | with | ADP | _ | 25 power | case |
| 23 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 25 power | det:predet |
| 24 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 power | nmod:poss |
| 25 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 sought | obl |
| 26 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 31 case | advmod |
| 27 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 31 case | nsubj |
| 28 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 case | cop |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 31 case | case |
| 30 | secret | secret | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 case | amod |
| 31 | case | case | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 sought | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 brought | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 brought | cc |
| 34 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 try | parataxis |
| 35 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 34 brought | obj |
| 36 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 37 more | advmod |
| 37 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 34 brought | advmod |
| 38 | to | to | ADP | _ | 39 court | case |
| 39 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 brought | obl |
| 40 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 45 owe | punct |
| 41 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 43 do | mark |
| 42 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 43 do | nsubj |
| 43 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 45 owe | aux |
| 44 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 45 owe | nsubj |
| 45 | owe | owe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 try | conj |
| 46 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 owe | obj |
| 47 | faith | faith | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 owe | obj |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 fellowship | cc |
| 49 | fellowship | fellowship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 faith | conj |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 try | punct |
| 51 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 try | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | future | Rather | I nsubj; what obj | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | adventure | infinitive | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | have | present | that God | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | give | participle | that God not said here | me | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | ||||
| 5 | seek | past | God | me | with God's power | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | |||
| 6 | is | past | I | secret case | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | bring | past | me | court | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme to court=Destination | ||||
| 8 | owe | present · do-support | I | faith and fellowship | God | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal faith=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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