Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 4, sentence 2

Sir Gawain was learned in clerkly lore, he read the letters wherein was writ that here was the border of Arthur's land, and let any man who came to the cross, and who bare the name of knight, bethink him well, since he might not ride far without strife and conflict, and the finding of such adventures as might lightly turn to his harm, or even to his death--the land was of such customs.

Who acts: Sir, that, man, finding, land · What happens: learn, read, be, let, come, bare · To what, where: Sir, clerkly lore, letters, writ, border, man

This is a sentence of «Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch» by Jessie L. Weston, Opening, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Sir, that, man, finding), 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	Sir	Sir	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 learned	nsubj
2	Gawain	Gawain	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Sir	flat
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 learned	aux:pass
4	learned	learn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 lore	case
6	clerkly	clerkly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lore	amod
7	lore	lore	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 learned	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 read	punct
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 read	nsubj
10	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 learned	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 letters	det
12	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 read	obj
13	wherein	wherein	ADV	PronType=Int	15 writ	advmod
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 writ	cop
15	writ	writ	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 read	obl
16	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 border	nsubj
17	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	20 border	advmod
18	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 border	cop
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 border	det
20	border	border	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 writ	nmod
21	of	of	ADP	_	24 land	case
22	Arthur	Arthur	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 land	nmod:poss
23	's	's	PART	_	22 Arthur	case
24	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 border	nmod
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 let	punct
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 let	cc
27	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 learned	parataxis
28	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	29 man	det
29	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 let	obj
30	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	31 came	nsubj
31	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 man	acl:relcl
32	to	to	ADP	_	34 cross	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 cross	det
34	cross	cross	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 came	obl
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 bare	punct
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 bare	cc
37	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	38 bare	nsubj
38	bare	bare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 learned	parataxis
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 name	det
40	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 bare	obj
41	of	of	ADP	_	42 knight	case
42	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 name	nmod
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 bethink	punct
44	bethink	bethink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	38 bare	conj
45	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 bethink	obj
46	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	44 bethink	advmod
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 ride	punct
48	since	since	SCONJ	_	52 ride	mark
49	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 ride	nsubj
50	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	52 ride	aux
51	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	52 ride	advmod
52	ride	ride	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	44 bethink	conj
53	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	52 ride	advmod
54	without	without	ADP	_	55 strife	case
55	strife	strife	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 ride	obl
56	and	and	CCONJ	_	57 conflict	cc
57	conflict	conflict	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 strife	conj
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	68 turn	punct
59	and	and	CCONJ	_	68 turn	cc
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 finding	det
61	finding	finding	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 turn	nsubj
62	of	of	ADP	_	64 adventures	case
63	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	64 adventures	amod
64	adventures	adventure	NOUN	Number=Plur	61 finding	nmod
65	as	as	SCONJ	_	68 turn	mark
66	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	68 turn	aux
67	lightly	lightly	ADV	_	68 turn	advmod
68	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 learned	conj
69	to	to	ADP	_	71 harm	case
70	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	71 harm	nmod:poss
71	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 turn	obl
72	,	,	PUNCT	_	77 death	punct
73	or	or	CCONJ	_	77 death	cc
74	even	even	ADV	_	77 death	advmod
75	to	to	ADP	_	77 death	case
76	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	77 death	nmod:poss
77	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 learned	obl
78	--	--	PUNCT	_	84 customs	punct
79	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	80 land	det
80	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	84 customs	nsubj
81	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	84 customs	cop
82	of	of	ADP	_	84 customs	case
83	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	84 customs	amod
84	customs	custom	NOUN	Number=Plur	77 death	conj
85	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 learned	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	learn	past · passive		Sir	clerkly lore	to finding's death and such customs	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
2	read	past	Sir	the letters			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Topic
3	is a	past		writ		wherein property	tree rules
4	is a	past	that	the border	here	of Arthur's land	tree rules
5	let	infinitive		any man			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme
6	come	past	any man		the cross		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to cross=Initial_Location
7	bare	present		the name of knight		who nsubj	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Patient
8	bethink	infinitive		man		well property	tree rules
9	not ride	might	Sir			without strife and conflict; far property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
10	turn	might	the finding of such adventures		finding's harm	lightly property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to harm=Trajectory
11	is	past	the land			of such customs	tree rules
12	name			knight			nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient
13	find			such adventures			nom finding «act transitive»: of=patient
14	harm		finding				nom harm «state transitive»: poss=agent
15	die		finding				nom death «event intransitive»: 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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Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 4, sentence 2