Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 8, sentence 2

Then spake the knight Morien and said by his troth he had even followed the hoof prints of horses that were but newly made till he came to where one must needs cross over the water; "and then did I lose all sign of their further track; but howsoever I might pray, or call upon those who lay there in their ships, when they saw me they were terrified as hares, and would tell me nought, the fools, of that I asked them!

Who acts: you, troth, Morien, I, Knight · What happens: speak, say, follow, make, come, need · To what, where: knight, Morien, cross, water, sign, ships · 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 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, troth, Morien, 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	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 spake	advmod
2	spake	speak	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 knight	det
4	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spake	obj
5	Morien	Morien	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 knight	appos
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 said	cc
7	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 spake	conj
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 troth	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 troth	nmod:poss
10	troth	troth	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 followed	obl
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 followed	nsubj:pass
12	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 followed	aux
13	even	even	ADV	_	14 followed	advmod
14	followed	follow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 said	ccomp
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 prints	det
16	hoof	hoof	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 prints	compound
17	prints	print	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 followed	obj
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 horses	case
19	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 prints	nmod
20	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 were	nsubj
21	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 horses	acl:relcl
22	but	but	CCONJ	_	24 made	cc
23	newly	newly	ADV	_	24 made	advmod
24	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 followed	conj
25	till	till	SCONJ	_	27 came	mark
26	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 came	nsubj
27	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 made	advcl
28	to	to	ADP	_	29 where	case
29	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	27 came	advmod
30	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	29 where	nsubj
31	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	32 needs	aux
32	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	30 one	acl:relcl
33	cross	cross	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 needs	obj
34	over	over	ADP	_	36 water	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 water	det
36	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 cross	nmod
37	;	;	PUNCT	_	2 spake	punct
38	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 spake	punct
39	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 lose	cc
40	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	43 lose	advmod
41	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	43 lose	aux
42	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	43 lose	nsubj
43	lose	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 spake	conj
44	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	45 sign	det
45	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 lose	obj
46	of	of	ADP	_	49 track	case
47	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	49 track	nmod:poss
48	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	49 track	amod
49	track	track	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 sign	nmod
50	;	;	PUNCT	_	55 pray	punct
51	but	but	CCONJ	_	55 pray	cc
52	howsoever	howsoever	ADV	_	55 pray	advmod
53	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	55 pray	nsubj
54	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	55 pray	aux
55	pray	pray	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 spake	parataxis
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 call	punct
57	or	or	CCONJ	_	58 call	cc
58	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	55 pray	conj
59	upon	upon	ADP	_	60 those	case
60	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	58 call	obl
61	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	62 lay	nsubj
62	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	60 those	acl:relcl
63	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	62 lay	advmod
64	in	in	ADP	_	66 ships	case
65	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	66 ships	nmod:poss
66	ships	ship	NOUN	Number=Plur	62 lay	obl
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 saw	punct
68	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	70 saw	advmod
69	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	70 saw	nsubj
70	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	58 call	advcl
71	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	70 saw	obj
72	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	74 terrified	nsubj
73	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	74 terrified	cop
74	terrified	terrified	ADJ	Degree=Pos	70 saw	ccomp
75	as	as	ADP	_	76 hares	case
76	hares	hare	NOUN	Number=Plur	74 terrified	obl
77	,	,	PUNCT	_	80 tell	punct
78	and	and	CCONJ	_	80 tell	cc
79	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	80 tell	aux
80	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	55 pray	conj
81	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	80 tell	iobj
82	nought	nought	PRON	PronType=Neg	80 tell	obj
83	,	,	PUNCT	_	85 fools	punct
84	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	85 fools	det
85	fools	fool	NOUN	Number=Plur	82 nought	conj
86	,	,	PUNCT	_	90 asked	punct
87	of	of	ADP	_	88 that	case
88	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	90 asked	obl
89	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	90 asked	nsubj
90	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	80 tell	advcl
91	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	90 asked	obj
92	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 spake	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the knight			then		tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	you not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	follow	past · perfect · passive	Morien's troth	Morien				the hoof prints of horses obj	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP.attribute»: agent=Agent subject=Theme print=Attribute
4	make	participle	Morien's troth not said here					newly property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
5	come	past	Morien						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	need	must		cross		the water			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot cross=Theme
7	lose in a quote	past · do-support	I	all sign of Knight's further track			then		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Eventuality
8	pray in a quote	might	I					howsoever property	vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot
9	call in a quote	infinitive	I not said here					upon those	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
10	lie in a quote	past				Knight's ships; there		who nsubj	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in ship=Location
11	see in a quote	past	Knight	me					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus
12	is in a quote	past	Knight					as hares; terrified property	tree rules
13	tell speech: assert in a quote	would	I not said here	nought the fools	me				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient nought=Topic
14	ask speech: ask in a quote	past	I		Knight			of that	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient
15	print			horses					nom print «communication transitive»: of=patient
16	sign in a quote			Knight's further track					nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient

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 8, sentence 2

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Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 8, sentence 2