Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 8, sentence 47
When Sir Gariët had come before the hermitage, Sir Gawain came forth with haste from the chapel on to the road, as one who was blithe beyond measure when he beheld his brother; and he said, "God give ye good day, that ye come, brother, and that I see ye!
Who acts: Sir, God, that · What happens: come, come on, be, behold, say, give · To what, where: hermitage, road, brother, ye · 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 (Sir, God, that), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 come | advmod |
| 2 | Sir | Sir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 come | nsubj |
| 3 | Gariët | Gariët | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Sir | flat |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 come | aux |
| 5 | come | come | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 12 came | parataxis |
| 6 | before | before | ADP | _ | 8 hermitage | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 hermitage | det |
| 8 | hermitage | hermitage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 come | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 Sir | punct |
| 10 | Sir | Sir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 hermitage | appos |
| 11 | Gawain | Gawain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Sir | flat |
| 12 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 12 came | advmod |
| 14 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 haste | case |
| 15 | haste | haste | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 came | obl |
| 16 | from | from | ADP | _ | 18 chapel | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 chapel | det |
| 18 | chapel | chapel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 haste | nmod |
| 19 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 came | compound:prt |
| 20 | to | to | ADP | _ | 22 road | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 road | det |
| 22 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 came | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 one | punct |
| 24 | as | as | ADP | _ | 25 one | case |
| 25 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 came | conj |
| 26 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 28 blithe | nsubj |
| 27 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 blithe | cop |
| 28 | blithe | blithe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 one | acl:relcl |
| 29 | beyond | beyond | ADP | _ | 30 measure | case |
| 30 | measure | measure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 blithe | obl |
| 31 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 33 beheld | advmod |
| 32 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 beheld | nsubj |
| 33 | beheld | behold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 blithe | advcl |
| 34 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 brother | nmod:poss |
| 35 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 beheld | obj |
| 36 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 39 said | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 said | cc |
| 38 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 said | nsubj |
| 39 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 came | parataxis |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 give | punct |
| 41 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 43 give | punct |
| 42 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 give | nsubj |
| 43 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 39 said | ccomp |
| 44 | ye | ye | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 43 give | iobj |
| 45 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 day | amod |
| 46 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 give | obl:unmarked |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 come | punct |
| 48 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 50 come | nsubj |
| 49 | ye | ye | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 50 come | nsubj |
| 50 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 43 give | parataxis |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 brother | punct |
| 52 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 come | vocative |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 see | punct |
| 54 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 57 see | cc |
| 55 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 57 see | mark |
| 56 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 57 see | nsubj |
| 57 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 said | conj |
| 58 | ye | ye | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 57 see | obj |
| 59 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 12 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past · perfect | Sir | the hermitage | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before hermitage=Location | ||||
| 2 | come on | past | the road | with haste from the chapel; one conj; forth property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to road=Initial_Location | ||||
| 3 | is | past | beyond measure; who nsubj; blithe property | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | behold | past | Sir | Sir's brother | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer brother=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | say speech: express | past | Sir | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 6 | give in a quote | infinitive | God | ye | day | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ye=Theme | |||
| 7 | come in a quote | infinitive | that | brother vocative; ye nsubj | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 8 | see in a quote | present | Sir | ye | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ye=Stimulus |
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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