Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 3, sentence 7
Were the one of ye Sir Lancelot, and the other King Arthur's sister's son (these twain are wont to be praised above all in Arthur's court as I have ofttimes heard, though never have I seen them), yet would I not yield a foot to them!"
Who acts: twain, I · What happens: be, praise, hear, see, not yield · To what, where: one, all, ofttimes, foot
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 (twain, 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 | Were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 one | cop |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 one | det |
| 3 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 ye | case |
| 5 | ye | ye | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 3 one | nmod |
| 6 | Sir | Sir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Lancelot | nmod:desc |
| 7 | Lancelot | Lancelot | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 ye | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 son | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 son | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Arthur | det |
| 11 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 Arthur | amod |
| 12 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 Arthur | compound |
| 13 | Arthur | Arthur | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 sister | nmod:poss |
| 14 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 13 Arthur | case |
| 15 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 son | nmod:poss |
| 16 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 15 sister | case |
| 17 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 one | appos |
| 18 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 22 wont | punct |
| 19 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 20 twain | det |
| 20 | twain | twain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 wont | nsubj |
| 21 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 wont | cop |
| 22 | wont | wont | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 son | parataxis |
| 23 | to | to | PART | _ | 25 praised | mark |
| 24 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 25 praised | aux:pass |
| 25 | praised | praise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 22 wont | advcl |
| 26 | above | above | ADP | _ | 27 all | case |
| 27 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 25 praised | obl |
| 28 | in | in | ADP | _ | 31 court | case |
| 29 | Arthur | Arthur | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 court | nmod:poss |
| 30 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 29 Arthur | case |
| 31 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 all | nmod |
| 32 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 34 have | mark |
| 33 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 34 have | nsubj |
| 34 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 36 heard | aux |
| 35 | ofttimes | ofttime | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 have | obj |
| 36 | heard | hear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 42 seen | parataxis |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 seen | punct |
| 38 | though | though | ADV | _ | 42 seen | advmod |
| 39 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 40 have | advmod |
| 40 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 42 seen | aux |
| 41 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 42 seen | nsubj |
| 42 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 25 praised | advcl |
| 43 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 seen | obj |
| 44 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 42 seen | punct |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 yield | punct |
| 46 | yet | yet | CCONJ | _ | 50 yield | cc |
| 47 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 50 yield | aux |
| 48 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 50 yield | nsubj |
| 49 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 50 yield | advmod |
| 50 | yield | yield | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 wont | conj |
| 51 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 52 foot | det |
| 52 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 yield | obj |
| 53 | to | to | ADP | _ | 54 them | case |
| 54 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 50 yield | obl |
| 55 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 17 son | punct |
| 56 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 son | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the one | of ye Lancelot Sir; the other King Arthur's sister's son appos | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | this twain | wont property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | praise | to-infinitive · passive | this twain not said here | all in Arthur's court | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP» | ||||
| 4 | hear | present · perfect | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 5 | see | present · perfect | I | ofttimes = ofttime | though property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | |||
| 6 | not yield | would | I | a foot | ofttimes = ofttime | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent foot=Theme to they=Goal |
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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