Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 3, sentence 52

It pleased him so well when he heard them speak thus of Sir Agloval that he knelt him straightway on the earth; but Sir Gawain raised him up, and told him their tidings, how they were but as messengers, and belonged to the court of King Arthur, which was of high renown, and that they rode at that time seeking Sir Perceval and Sir Agloval, since the king desired them both. "

Who acts: man, knight, Sir, court, king · What happens: hear, speak, kneel, raise up, tell, be · To what, where: knight, Agloval, man, tidings, Perceval · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (man, knight, Sir, court), 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pleased	nsubj
2	pleased	pleased	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pleased	nsubj
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 well	advmod
5	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 pleased	advmod
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 heard	advmod
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 heard	nsubj
8	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 pleased	parataxis
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 heard	obj
10	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 heard	xcomp
11	thus	thus	ADV	_	10 speak	advmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 Agloval	case
13	Sir	Sir	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Agloval	nmod:desc
14	Agloval	Agloval	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 thus	obl
15	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 knelt	mark
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 knelt	nsubj
17	knelt	kneel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 speak	advcl
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 knelt	obj
19	straightway	straightway	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 knelt	obj
20	on	on	ADP	_	22 earth	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 earth	det
22	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 straightway	nmod
23	;	;	PUNCT	_	27 raised	punct
24	but	but	CCONJ	_	27 raised	cc
25	Sir	Sir	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 raised	nsubj
26	Gawain	Gawain	PROPN	Number=Sing	25 Sir	flat
27	raised	raise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 pleased	conj
28	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 raised	obj
29	up	up	ADP	_	27 raised	compound:prt
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 told	punct
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 told	cc
32	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 raised	parataxis
33	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 told	iobj
34	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	35 tidings	nmod:poss
35	tidings	tiding	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 told	obj
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 messengers	punct
37	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	42 messengers	advmod
38	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 messengers	nsubj
39	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	42 messengers	cop
40	but	but	CCONJ	_	42 messengers	cc
41	as	as	ADP	_	42 messengers	case
42	messengers	messenger	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 tidings	conj
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 belonged	punct
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 belonged	cc
45	belonged	belong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 told	conj
46	to	to	ADP	_	48 court	case
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 court	det
48	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 belonged	obl
49	of	of	ADP	_	51 Arthur	case
50	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	51 Arthur	compound
51	Arthur	Arthur	PROPN	Number=Sing	48 court	nmod
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 renown	punct
53	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	57 renown	nsubj
54	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	57 renown	cop
55	of	of	ADP	_	57 renown	case
56	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	57 renown	amod
57	renown	renown	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 court	conj
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 rode	punct
59	and	and	CCONJ	_	62 rode	cc
60	that	that	SCONJ	_	62 rode	mark
61	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	62 rode	nsubj
62	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 raised	parataxis
63	at	at	ADP	_	65 time	case
64	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	65 time	det
65	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 rode	obl
66	seeking	seek	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	62 rode	xcomp
67	Sir	Sir	PROPN	Number=Sing	68 Perceval	nmod:desc
68	Perceval	Perceval	PROPN	Number=Sing	66 seeking	obj
69	and	and	CCONJ	_	70 Sir	cc
70	Sir	Sir	PROPN	Number=Sing	68 Perceval	conj
71	Agloval	Agloval	PROPN	Number=Sing	70 Sir	flat
72	,	,	PUNCT	_	76 desired	punct
73	since	since	SCONJ	_	76 desired	mark
74	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	75 king	det
75	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	76 desired	nsubj
76	desired	desire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	62 rode	conj
77	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	76 desired	obj
78	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	76 desired	obj
79	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 pleased	punct
80	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 pleased	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	man	knight				tree rules
2	speak speech: other	infinitive	knight not said here				thus property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	kneel	past	man	Agloval			straightway obj	tree rules
4	raise up	past	Sir	man				vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
5	tell speech: assert	past		knight's tidings but messengers	man			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient tiding=Topic
6	is	past	knight				as messengers	tree rules
7	belong	past					to the court of King Arthur and high renown	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
8	is	past	the court of King Arthur and high renown				of high renown	tree rules
9	ride	past	knight			time		tree rules
10	seek	gerund	knight not said here	Perceval Sir and Sir				vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent perceval=Theme
11	desire	past	the king	knight				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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🌲 Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 3, sentence 52

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Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 3, sentence 52