Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 8, sentence 88
And concerning his brother Sir Agloval, of him did they tell that he lay sick, with his uncle, sorely wounded; but the messenger did us to wit that he was like to be healed, that do I tell ye, Sir Gawain.
Who acts: brother, Perceval, messenger, I · What happens: concern, tell, lie, do, wit, be · To what, where: brother, us, Sir · 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 (brother, Perceval, messenger, 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 2 concerning | cc |
| 2 | concerning | concern | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 brother | nmod:poss |
| 4 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 concerning | obj |
| 5 | Sir | Sir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Agloval | nmod:desc |
| 6 | Agloval | Agloval | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 brother | appos |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 tell | punct |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 him | case |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 tell | obl |
| 10 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 tell | aux |
| 11 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 tell | nsubj |
| 12 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 concerning | advcl |
| 13 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 15 lay | mark |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 lay | nsubj |
| 15 | lay | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 tell | ccomp |
| 16 | sick | sick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 lay | xcomp |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 uncle | punct |
| 18 | with | with | ADP | _ | 20 uncle | case |
| 19 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 uncle | nmod:poss |
| 20 | uncle | uncle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 lay | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 wounded | punct |
| 22 | sorely | sorely | ADV | _ | 23 wounded | advmod |
| 23 | wounded | wounded | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 uncle | conj |
| 24 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 28 did | punct |
| 25 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 28 did | cc |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 messenger | det |
| 27 | messenger | messenger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 did | nsubj |
| 28 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 43 tell | advcl |
| 29 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 28 did | obj |
| 30 | to | to | PART | _ | 31 wit | mark |
| 31 | wit | wit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 43 tell | advcl |
| 32 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 35 like | mark |
| 33 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 like | nsubj |
| 34 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 like | cop |
| 35 | like | like | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 wit | ccomp |
| 36 | to | to | PART | _ | 38 healed | mark |
| 37 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 38 healed | aux:pass |
| 38 | healed | heal | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 35 like | xcomp |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 do | punct |
| 40 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 41 do | nsubj |
| 41 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 43 tell | aux |
| 42 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 43 tell | nsubj |
| 43 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 concerning | conj |
| 44 | ye | ye | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 43 tell | iobj |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 Sir | punct |
| 46 | Sir | Sir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 tell | iobj |
| 47 | Gawain | Gawain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 Sir | flat |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 concerning | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | concern | gerund | Perceval's brother | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus brother=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | past · do-support | brother | of Perceval | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | lie | past | Perceval | with Perceval's uncle; sick property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | do | past | the messenger | us | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Eventuality | ||||
| 5 | wit | to-infinitive | I not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | is | past | Perceval | like property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | heal not said to happen | to-infinitive · passive | Perceval not said here | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V» | |||||
| 8 | tell speech: assert | present · do-support | I | Sir | ye iobj | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent ye=Recipient sir=Topic |
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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