Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 6, sentence 73

Nevertheless be ye sure of a truth--I may not deny it this day for any man, how strong soever he might be, nor through fear of any that may hear me, foe or friend--but I must needs say in sooth your son had merited his death many a time and oft ere the day came that he died!

Who acts: ye, I, that, many, day, Sir · What happens: be, not deny, hear, say, merit, ere · To what, where: truth, me, sooth, son · 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 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (ye, I, that, many), 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	Nevertheless	nevertheless	ADV	_	4 sure	advmod
2	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 sure	cop
3	ye	ye	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	4 sure	nsubj
4	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 truth	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 truth	det
7	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sure	obl
8	--	--	PUNCT	_	12 deny	punct
9	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 deny	nsubj
10	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 deny	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 deny	advmod
12	deny	deny	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 sure	parataxis
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 deny	obj
14	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 day	det
15	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 deny	obl:unmarked
16	for	for	ADP	_	18 man	case
17	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	18 man	det
18	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 deny	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 strong	punct
20	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	21 strong	advmod
21	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 man	acl:relcl
22	soever	soever	ADV	_	25 be	advmod
23	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 be	nsubj
24	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	25 be	aux
25	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	21 strong	cop
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 fear	punct
27	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	29 fear	cc
28	through	through	ADP	_	29 fear	case
29	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 deny	parataxis
30	of	of	ADP	_	31 any	case
31	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	29 fear	nmod
32	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	34 hear	nsubj
33	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	34 hear	aux
34	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	29 fear	parataxis
35	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	34 hear	obj
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 foe	punct
37	foe	foe	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 fear	conj
38	or	or	CCONJ	_	39 friend	cc
39	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 foe	conj
40	--	--	PUNCT	_	45 say	punct
41	but	but	CCONJ	_	45 say	cc
42	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	45 say	nsubj
43	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	45 say	aux
44	needs	need	NOUN	Number=Plur	45 say	nsubj
45	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sure	parataxis
46	in	in	ADP	_	47 sooth	case
47	sooth	sooth	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 say	obl
48	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	49 son	nmod:poss
49	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 merited	nsubj:pass
50	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	51 merited	aux
51	merited	merit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	59 ere	advcl
52	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	53 death	nmod:poss
53	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 merited	obj
54	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 ere	nsubj
55	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	56 time	det
56	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 many	obl:unmarked
57	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 oft	cc
58	oft	oft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	54 many	conj
59	ere	ere	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 say	parataxis
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 day	det
61	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 came	nsubj
62	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	59 ere	ccomp
63	that	that	SCONJ	_	65 died	mark
64	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	65 died	nsubj
65	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	62 came	advcl
66	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 sure	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	infinitive	ye				of a truth; nevertheless, sure property	tree rules
2	not deny	may	I	truth		day	for any man; fear of any and foe or friend parataxis	vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
3	is	infinitive					strong property	tree rules
4	hear	may	that	me				vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus
5	say speech: assert	must	I		sooth		needs nsubj	vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in sooth=Manner
6	merit	past · perfect · passive		your son			Sir's death obj	tree rules
7	ere	past	many a time					tree rules
8	come	past	the day					vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	die	past	Sir					vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
10	die		Sir					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 6, sentence 73

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Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 6, sentence 73