Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 8, sentence 91

When Morien, the son of Sir Agloval, had heard and understood this tale, he asked forthwith if any there within could give him true tidings and make known to him the road to the hermitage whither his uncle had betaken himself, and where his father lay wounded; since he would fain know thereof.

Who acts: Sir, any, uncle, father · What happens: hear, understand, ask, give, make, know · To what, where: Morien, tale, true tidings, Sir, road

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, any, uncle, father), 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	11 heard	advmod
2	Morien	Morien	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 heard	nsubj:pass
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 son	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 son	det
5	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Morien	appos
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Sir	case
7	Sir	Sir	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 son	nmod
8	Agloval	Agloval	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Sir	flat
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Morien	punct
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 heard	aux
11	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 asked	advcl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 understood	cc
13	understood	understand	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 heard	conj
14	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 tale	det
15	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 understood	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 heard	punct
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 asked	nsubj
18	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
19	forthwith	forthwith	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 asked	xcomp
20	if	if	SCONJ	_	25 give	mark
21	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	25 give	nsubj:outer
22	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	25 give	expl
23	within	within	ADP	_	25 give	case
24	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	25 give	aux
25	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 asked	ccomp
26	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 give	iobj
27	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 tidings	amod
28	tidings	tiding	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 give	obj
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 make	cc
30	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres Typo=Yes VerbForm=Fin	18 asked	conj
31	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	30 make	xcomp
32	to	to	ADP	_	33 him	case
33	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 known	obl
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 road	det
35	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 known	obl
36	to	to	ADP	_	38 hermitage	case
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 hermitage	det
38	hermitage	hermitage	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 road	nmod
39	whither	whither	ADV	PronType=Int	43 betaken	advmod
40	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	41 uncle	nmod:poss
41	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 betaken	nsubj
42	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	43 betaken	aux
43	betaken	betake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	38 hermitage	acl:relcl
44	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	43 betaken	obj
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 lay	punct
46	and	and	CCONJ	_	50 lay	cc
47	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	50 lay	advmod
48	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	49 father	nmod:poss
49	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 lay	nsubj
50	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 asked	conj
51	wounded	wounded	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 lay	xcomp
52	;	;	PUNCT	_	56 fain	punct
53	since	since	SCONJ	_	56 fain	mark
54	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 fain	nsubj
55	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	56 fain	aux
56	fain	fain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 asked	conj
57	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	56 fain	xcomp
58	thereof	thereof	ADV	_	57 know	advmod
59	.	.	PUNCT	_	18 asked	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	hear	past · perfect · passive		Morien				vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus
2	understand	participle		this tale				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer tale=Stimulus
3	ask speech: ask	past	Sir				forthwith property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	give a condition, not said to happen	could	any	true tidings	Sir	there		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient tiding=Theme
5	make	present	Sir not said here					tree rules
6	know	participle	Sir not said here	the road to the hermitage	Sir			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
7	betake	past · perfect	Sir's uncle	Sir			whither property	tree rules
8	lie	past	Sir's father				wounded property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
9	fain	would	Sir					tree rules
10	know	infinitive	Sir not said here				thereof property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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 91