Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 3, sentence 25
So far went the matter between them through their words and through his courtesy, and because he was so fair to look upon, that she gave him all his will--the which brought her small reward, and great sorrow.
Who acts: Sir, valiant, twas · What happens: go, be, look, give, bring, word · To what, where: matter, words, Sir, small reward
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 (Sir, valiant, twas), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 3 went | advmod |
| 2 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 went | advmod |
| 3 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 matter | det |
| 5 | matter | matter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 went | obj |
| 6 | between | between | ADP | _ | 7 them | case |
| 7 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 matter | nmod |
| 8 | through | through | ADP | _ | 10 words | case |
| 9 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 words | nmod:poss |
| 10 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 went | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 courtesy | cc |
| 12 | through | through | ADP | _ | 14 courtesy | case |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 courtesy | nmod:poss |
| 14 | courtesy | courtesy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 words | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 fair | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 fair | cc |
| 17 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 21 fair | mark |
| 18 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 fair | nsubj |
| 19 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 fair | cop |
| 20 | so | so | ADV | _ | 21 fair | advmod |
| 21 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 went | conj |
| 22 | to | to | PART | _ | 23 look | mark |
| 23 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 fair | csubj |
| 24 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 23 look | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 gave | punct |
| 26 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 28 gave | mark |
| 27 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 gave | nsubj |
| 28 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | conj |
| 29 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 gave | iobj |
| 30 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 32 will | det:predet |
| 31 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 will | nmod:poss |
| 32 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 28 gave | advcl |
| 33 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 36 brought | punct |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 brought | det |
| 35 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 36 brought | nsubj |
| 36 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | conj |
| 37 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 reward | nmod:poss |
| 38 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 reward | amod |
| 39 | reward | reward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 brought | obj |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 sorrow | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 sorrow | cc |
| 42 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 sorrow | amod |
| 43 | sorrow | sorrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 brought | obl |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | the matter | twas's words and Sir's courtesy | between twas = twa; far property | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location matter=Theme | |||
| 2 | is | past | Sir | fair property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | look | to-infinitive | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ||||||
| 4 | give | past | valiant | Sir | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 5 | bring | past | valiant's small reward | great sorrow obl; which nsubj | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent reward=Theme | ||||
| 6 | word | twas = twa | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 7 | reward | valiant | nom reward «event 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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