Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 3, sentence 17

Now I pray ye by all who own the laws of knighthood, and by Sir Gawain afore all, since he is reckoned the best, he and Sir Lancelot, wherever it may be, in whatever need, far and wide throughout the world, of all men are these twain most praised (I myself know naught save that which I have heard tell), know ye aught of Sir Agloval, brother to Sir Perceval of Wales?

Who acts: I · What happens: pray, own, reckon, need, praise, know · To what, where: laws, Gawain, whatever, these, naught, heard tell

This is a sentence of «Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch» by Jessie L. Weston, Opening, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (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	Now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 pray	advmod
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 pray	nsubj
3	pray	pray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	ye	ye	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	3 pray	nsubj
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 pray	obl
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 own	nsubj
8	own	own	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 all	acl:relcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 laws	det
10	laws	law	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 own	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 knighthood	case
12	knighthood	knighthood	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 laws	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 Gawain	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 Gawain	cc
15	by	by	ADP	_	17 Gawain	case
16	Sir	Sir	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 Gawain	nmod:desc
17	Gawain	Gawain	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 pray	obl
18	afore	afore	ADP	_	19 all	case
19	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 Gawain	nmod
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 reckoned	punct
21	since	since	SCONJ	_	24 reckoned	mark
22	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 reckoned	nsubj
23	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 reckoned	aux:pass
24	reckoned	reckon	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 pray	conj
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 best	det
26	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	24 reckoned	obj
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 Lancelot	punct
28	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 Lancelot	nsubj
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 Lancelot	cc
30	Sir	Sir	PROPN	Number=Sing	31 Lancelot	nmod:desc
31	Lancelot	Lancelot	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 reckoned	obl
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 be	punct
33	wherever	wherever	ADV	PronType=Int	36 be	advmod
34	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 be	nsubj
35	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	36 be	aux
36	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	40 need	advcl
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 need	punct
38	in	in	ADP	_	39 whatever	case
39	whatever	whatever	DET	PronType=Int	40 need	obl
40	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	31 Lancelot	conj
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 far	punct
42	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	24 reckoned	advmod
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 wide	cc
44	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 far	conj
45	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	47 world	case
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 world	det
47	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 far	obl
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 praised	punct
49	of	of	ADP	_	51 men	case
50	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	51 men	det
51	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	56 praised	obl
52	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	56 praised	aux:pass
53	these	this	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	56 praised	nsubj:pass
54	twain	twain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	56 praised	nsubj:pass
55	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	56 praised	advmod
56	praised	praise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	24 reckoned	advcl
57	(	(	PUNCT	_	60 know	punct
58	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	60 know	nsubj
59	myself	myself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	60 know	nsubj
60	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	56 praised	parataxis
61	naught	naught	PRON	PronType=Neg	60 know	obj
62	save	save	ADP	_	68 tell	mark
63	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	68 tell	det
64	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	67 heard	nsubj:pass
65	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	67 heard	nsubj
66	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	67 heard	aux
67	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	68 tell	amod
68	tell	tell	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 know	ccomp
69	)	)	PUNCT	_	56 praised	punct
70	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 know	punct
71	know	know	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 pray	conj
72	ye	ye	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	73 aught	compound
73	aught	aught	PRON	PronType=Ind	71 know	obj
74	of	of	ADP	_	76 Agloval	case
75	Sir	Sir	PROPN	Number=Sing	76 Agloval	nmod:desc
76	Agloval	Agloval	PROPN	Number=Sing	73 aught	nmod
77	,	,	PUNCT	_	78 brother	punct
78	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 aught	conj
79	to	to	ADP	_	81 Perceval	case
80	Sir	Sir	PROPN	Number=Sing	81 Perceval	nmod:desc
81	Perceval	Perceval	PROPN	Number=Sing	78 brother	nmod
82	of	of	ADP	_	83 Wales	case
83	Wales	Wales	PROPN	Number=Sing	81 Perceval	nmod
84	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 pray	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pray	present	I			now	by all; by Gawain Sir afore all; ye nsubj	vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2	own	present		the laws of knighthood			who nsubj	vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot law=Theme
3	reckon	present · passive		Gawain			Lancelot Gawain Sir obl; far property	vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme good=Attribute
4	need	present			whatever			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
5	praise	present · passive		these			of all men	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
6	know	present	I	naught			myself nsubj; that heard tell ccomp	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer naught=Stimulus
7	hear	present · perfect · passive		that heard tell			I nsubj	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus
8	know	infinitive	I not said here	aught of Agloval Sir brother to Perceval Sir of Wales				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer aught=Stimulus

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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Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 3, sentence 17