Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 4, sentence 62
And do in all things after my counsel; if any man meet ye, when ye have given him courteous greeting, ask him if he saw riding, or otherwise met with, two knights, the one of whom ware red armour, and the other bare King Arthur's badge.
Who acts: you, man, other bare King Arthur · What happens: do, meet, give, ask, see, ride · To what, where: badge, things, ye, man, two knights, red armour
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 (you, man, other bare King Arthur), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 2 do | cc |
| 2 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 things | case |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 things | det |
| 5 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 do | obl |
| 6 | after | after | ADP | _ | 8 counsel | case |
| 7 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 counsel | nmod:poss |
| 8 | counsel | counsel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 things | nmod |
| 9 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 13 meet | punct |
| 10 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 13 meet | mark |
| 11 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 12 man | det |
| 12 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 meet | nsubj |
| 13 | meet | meet | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 do | parataxis |
| 14 | ye | ye | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 13 meet | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 given | punct |
| 16 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 19 given | mark |
| 17 | ye | ye | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 19 given | nsubj:pass |
| 18 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 given | aux |
| 19 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 22 greeting | amod |
| 20 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 given | iobj |
| 21 | courteous | courteous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 greeting | amod |
| 22 | greeting | greeting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 meet | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 ask | punct |
| 24 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 meet | conj |
| 25 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 ask | obj |
| 26 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 28 saw | mark |
| 27 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 saw | nsubj |
| 28 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 ask | ccomp |
| 29 | riding | ride | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 28 saw | xcomp |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 met | punct |
| 31 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 33 met | cc |
| 32 | otherwise | otherwise | ADV | _ | 33 met | advmod |
| 33 | met | meet | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 29 riding | conj |
| 34 | with | with | ADP | _ | 33 met | obl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 knights | punct |
| 36 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 37 knights | nummod |
| 37 | knights | knight | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 riding | obl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 one | punct |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 one | det |
| 40 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 knights | appos |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 whom | case |
| 42 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 40 one | nmod |
| 43 | ware | ware | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 42 whom | xcomp |
| 44 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 armour | amod |
| 45 | armour | armour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 ware | obj |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 badge | punct |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 54 badge | cc |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 Arthur | det |
| 49 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 Arthur | amod |
| 50 | bare | bare | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 Arthur | amod |
| 51 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 52 Arthur | compound |
| 52 | Arthur | Arthur | PROPN | Number=Sing | 54 badge | nmod:poss |
| 53 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 52 Arthur | case |
| 54 | badge | badge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 do | obl |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 do | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | imperative | you not said here | the other bare King Arthur's badge | all things after my counsel | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 2 | meet a condition, not said to happen | infinitive | any man | ye | given courteous greeting obl | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ye=Co-Agent | |||
| 3 | give | present · perfect · passive | ye | man | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient he=Theme | ||||
| 4 | ask speech: ask | infinitive | any man not said here | man | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 5 | see a condition, not said to happen | past | man | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 6 | ride | gerund | man not said here | two knights | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | meet | participle | man not said here | otherwise property | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 8 | ware | infinitive | man not said here | red armour | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | badge | the other bare King Arthur | nom badge «communication 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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