Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 8, sentence 61

But Sir Gawain was more desirous than I may tell ye of knowing wherefore Sir Gariët, his brother, came thither, till he brought him to that point that he spake the truth concerning what had chanced to King Arthur, and told how the worst had befallen him. "

Who acts: Sir, I, truth · What happens: be, tell, know, come, bring, speak · To what, where: ye, bade, point, truth, King Arthur, worst · 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, I, truth), 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	But	but	CCONJ	_	6 desirous	cc
2	Sir	Sir	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 desirous	nsubj
3	Gawain	Gawain	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Sir	flat
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 desirous	cop
5	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 desirous	advmod
6	desirous	desirous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	than	than	SCONJ	_	10 tell	mark
8	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 tell	nsubj
9	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 tell	aux
10	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 desirous	advcl
11	ye	ye	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	10 tell	iobj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 knowing	case
13	knowing	know	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 tell	advcl
14	wherefore	wherefore	ADV	PronType=Int	21 came	advmod
15	Sir	Sir	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 came	nsubj
16	Gariët	Gariët	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Sir	flat
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 brother	punct
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 brother	nmod:poss
19	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 Sir	appos
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 Sir	punct
21	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 knowing	advcl
22	thither	thither	ADV	_	21 came	advmod
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 brought	punct
24	till	till	SCONJ	_	26 brought	mark
25	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 brought	nsubj
26	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 desirous	parataxis
27	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 brought	obj
28	to	to	ADP	_	30 point	case
29	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	30 point	det
30	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 brought	obl
31	that	that	SCONJ	_	33 spake	mark
32	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	33 spake	nsubj
33	spake	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 brought	advcl
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 truth	det
35	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 spake	obj
36	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	35 truth	acl
37	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	39 chanced	nsubj:pass
38	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 chanced	aux
39	chanced	chance	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	36 concerning	xcomp
40	to	to	ADP	_	42 Arthur	case
41	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	42 Arthur	compound
42	Arthur	Arthur	PROPN	Number=Sing	39 chanced	obl
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 told	punct
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 told	cc
45	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 brought	conj
46	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	50 befallen	advmod
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 befallen	det
48	worst	bad	ADJ	Degree=Sup	50 befallen	nsubj:pass
49	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	50 befallen	aux
50	befallen	befall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	45 told	ccomp
51	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 befallen	obj
52	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 desirous	punct
53	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 desirous	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	Sir				desirous property	tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	may	I		ye			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent ye=Recipient
3	know	gerund	I not said here					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	come	past	Sir				thither, wherefore property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	bring	past	Sir	bade		that point		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to point=Destination
6	speak speech: other	past	Sir	the truth				tree rules
7	concern	gerund	the truth not said here					tree rules
8	chance	past · perfect · passive			King Arthur		what nsubj:pass	vn risk-94-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Pivot
9	tell speech: assert	past	Sir not said here					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
10	befall	past · perfect · passive		worst			bade obj	tree rules

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 61

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Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 8, sentence 61