Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 9, sentence 2
And may I but see my father, an good luck befall me, I turn not from that goal, e'en if I find the man who gave me life, but ere I depart he shall keep the vow that he sware to my mother when he aforetime parted from her, and left her sorrowing sore, even that he would wed her, and make her his wife.
Who acts: I, man, Morien · What happens: see, befall, not turn, find, give, depart · To what, where: father, me, goal, man, life, vow
This is a sentence of «Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch» by Jessie L. Weston, Opening, part 9. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, man, Morien), 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 | _ | 5 see | cc |
| 2 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 see | aux |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 see | nsubj |
| 4 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 5 see | cc |
| 5 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 father | nmod:poss |
| 7 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 see | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 luck | punct |
| 9 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 luck | det |
| 10 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 luck | amod |
| 11 | luck | luck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 father | conj |
| 12 | befall | befall | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 see | conj |
| 13 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 befall | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 turn | punct |
| 15 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 16 turn | nsubj |
| 16 | turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 see | parataxis |
| 17 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 turn | advmod |
| 18 | from | from | ADP | _ | 20 goal | case |
| 19 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 20 goal | det |
| 20 | goal | goal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 turn | obj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 e'en | punct |
| 22 | e'en | e'en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 goal | conj |
| 23 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 25 find | mark |
| 24 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 25 find | nsubj |
| 25 | find | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 turn | advcl |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 man | det |
| 27 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 find | obj |
| 28 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 29 gave | nsubj |
| 29 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 man | acl:relcl |
| 30 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 29 gave | iobj |
| 31 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 gave | obj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 depart | punct |
| 33 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 36 depart | cc |
| 34 | ere | ere | ADV | _ | 36 depart | advmod |
| 35 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 36 depart | nsubj |
| 36 | depart | depart | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 turn | conj |
| 37 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 keep | nsubj |
| 38 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 39 keep | aux |
| 39 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 36 depart | ccomp |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 vow | det |
| 41 | vow | vow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 keep | obj |
| 42 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 44 sware | mark |
| 43 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 sware | nsubj |
| 44 | sware | sware | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 vow | appos |
| 45 | to | to | ADP | _ | 47 mother | case |
| 46 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 47 mother | nmod:poss |
| 47 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 keep | obl |
| 48 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 51 parted | advmod |
| 49 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 51 parted | nsubj |
| 50 | aforetime | aforetime | ADV | _ | 51 parted | advmod |
| 51 | parted | part | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 keep | advcl |
| 52 | from | from | ADP | _ | 53 her | case |
| 53 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 51 parted | obl |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 left | punct |
| 55 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 56 left | cc |
| 56 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 see | advcl |
| 57 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 56 left | obj |
| 58 | sorrowing | sorrow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 56 left | xcomp |
| 59 | sore | sore | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 58 sorrowing | xcomp |
| 60 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 65 wed | punct |
| 61 | even | even | ADV | _ | 65 wed | advmod |
| 62 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 65 wed | mark |
| 63 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 65 wed | nsubj |
| 64 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 65 wed | aux |
| 65 | wed | wed | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 58 sorrowing | conj |
| 66 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 65 wed | obj |
| 67 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 69 make | punct |
| 68 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 69 make | cc |
| 69 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 see | conj |
| 70 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 69 make | obj |
| 71 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 72 wife | nmod:poss |
| 72 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 69 make | obj |
| 73 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 see | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | may | I | my father and a good luck | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer father=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | befall | infinitive | I not said here | me | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not turn | present | I | that goal and e'en | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent goal=Theme | ||||
| 4 | find a condition, not said to happen | present | I | the man | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Topic | ||||
| 5 | give | past | the man | life | me | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient life=Theme | |||
| 6 | depart | present | I | ere property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | keep | shall | man | the vow | to my mother | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vow=Theme | |||
| 8 | sware | man | tree rules | ||||||
| 9 | part | past | man | from Morien; aforetime property | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient from she=Co-Patient | ||||
| 10 | leave | past | I not said here | Morien | tree rules | ||||
| 11 | sorrow | gerund | Morien not said here | sore property | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 12 | wed | would | man | Morien | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | ||||
| 13 | make | infinitive | I not said here | man's wife | Morien | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset she=Beneficiary wife=Product |
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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