Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 5, sentence 107
With this were they ware of Sir Gawain, their lord's guest, and all they who were there present said, the one taking up the tale of the other, that forsooth he who had slain the knight was within that hall, as might be seen of men, for the blood had ceased to flow a little after midday, nor had any man seen the wounds bleed since.
Who acts: this, men, present, one, Sir, knight · What happens: be, say, take up, slay, see, cease · To what, where: tale, blood, little, man · 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 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (this, men, present, one), 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 | With | with | ADP | _ | 5 ware | case |
| 2 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 ware | nsubj |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 ware | cop |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 ware | nsubj |
| 5 | ware | ware | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 Sir | case |
| 7 | Sir | Sir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 ware | nmod |
| 8 | Gawain | Gawain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Sir | flat |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 guest | punct |
| 10 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 lord | nmod:poss |
| 11 | lord | lord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 guest | nmod:poss |
| 12 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 11 lord | case |
| 13 | guest | guest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ware | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 all | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 all | cc |
| 16 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 ware | conj |
| 17 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 there | nsubj |
| 18 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 20 there | nsubj |
| 19 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 there | cop |
| 20 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 16 all | conj |
| 21 | present | present | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 said | nsubj |
| 22 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 there | parataxis |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 one | punct |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 one | det |
| 25 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ware | appos |
| 26 | taking | take | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 25 one | acl |
| 27 | up | up | ADP | _ | 26 taking | compound:prt |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 tale | det |
| 29 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 taking | obj |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 other | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 other | det |
| 32 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 tale | nmod |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 forsooth | punct |
| 34 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 35 forsooth | nsubj |
| 35 | forsooth | forsooth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 one | acl:relcl |
| 36 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 slain | nsubj |
| 37 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 39 slain | nsubj |
| 38 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 slain | aux |
| 39 | slain | slay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 35 forsooth | acl:relcl |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 knight | det |
| 41 | knight | knight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 hall | nsubj |
| 42 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 45 hall | cop |
| 43 | within | within | ADP | _ | 45 hall | case |
| 44 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 45 hall | det |
| 45 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 slain | ccomp |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 seen | punct |
| 47 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 50 seen | mark |
| 48 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 50 seen | aux |
| 49 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 50 seen | aux:pass |
| 50 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 39 slain | advcl |
| 51 | of | of | ADP | _ | 52 men | case |
| 52 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 50 seen | obl |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 ceased | punct |
| 54 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 58 ceased | mark |
| 55 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 56 blood | det |
| 56 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 ceased | nsubj:pass |
| 57 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 58 ceased | aux |
| 58 | ceased | cease | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 50 seen | conj |
| 59 | to | to | PART | _ | 60 flow | mark |
| 60 | flow | flow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 58 ceased | xcomp |
| 61 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 62 little | det |
| 62 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 60 flow | obj |
| 63 | after | after | ADP | _ | 64 midday | case |
| 64 | midday | midday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 flow | obl |
| 65 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 67 had | punct |
| 66 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 67 had | cc |
| 67 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 slain | conj |
| 68 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 69 man | det |
| 69 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 had | obj |
| 70 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 69 man | acl |
| 71 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 72 wounds | det |
| 72 | wounds | wound | NOUN | Number=Plur | 73 bleed | nsubj |
| 73 | bleed | bleed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 70 seen | parataxis |
| 74 | since | since | ADV | _ | 73 bleed | advmod |
| 75 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 ware | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | this | with ware and men's lord's guest; of Sir; men = man nsubj; men's lord's guest conj; the one appos | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | past | men = man | who nsubj; there property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | present | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | take up | gerund | the one not said here | the tale of the other | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tale=Theme | ||||
| 5 | slay | past · perfect | Sir | who nsubj | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | is | past | the knight | within that hall | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | see | might · passive | Sir not said here | of men | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V» | ||||
| 8 | cease | past · perfect · passive | the blood | tree rules | |||||
| 9 | flow | to-infinitive | a little | after midday | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location little=Theme | ||||
| 10 | have | past | Sir not said here | any man | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient | ||||
| 11 | see | participle | any man not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 12 | bleed | present | the wounds | since property | vn substance_emission-43.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |
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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