Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 9, sentence 7
I conjure ye by the faith that ye owe to our Lady, and by the honour of knighthood, that ye do my bidding, and let your thoughts be of good, and not of evil, and hearken Sir Gawain's rede, thereof shall never harm befall ye--he shall give ye the best counsel."
Who acts: I, ye, that, thoughts, Sir, my · What happens: conjure, owe, do, let, not be, hearken · To what, where: ye, faith, Lady, bidding, rede, best counsel
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, ye, that, thoughts), 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 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 conjure | nsubj |
| 2 | conjure | conjure | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | ye | ye | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 2 conjure | obj |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 faith | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 faith | det |
| 6 | faith | faith | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 conjure | obl |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 owe | obj |
| 8 | ye | ye | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 9 owe | nsubj |
| 9 | owe | owe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 faith | acl:relcl |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 Lady | case |
| 11 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 Lady | nmod:poss |
| 12 | Lady | Lady | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 owe | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 do | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 do | cc |
| 15 | by | by | ADP | _ | 17 honour | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 honour | det |
| 17 | honour | honour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 do | obl |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 knighthood | case |
| 19 | knighthood | knighthood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 honour | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 honour | punct |
| 21 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 23 do | nsubj |
| 22 | ye | ye | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 23 do | nsubj |
| 23 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 conjure | conj |
| 24 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 bidding | nmod:poss |
| 25 | bidding | bidding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 do | obj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 let | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 let | cc |
| 28 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 conjure | conj |
| 29 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 thoughts | nmod:poss |
| 30 | thoughts | thought | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 evil | nsubj |
| 31 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 38 evil | cop |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 evil | case |
| 33 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 evil | amod |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 evil | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 evil | cc |
| 36 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 38 evil | advmod |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 evil | case |
| 38 | evil | evil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 let | ccomp |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 hearken | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 hearken | cc |
| 41 | hearken | hearken | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 conjure | conj |
| 42 | Sir | Sir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 Gawain | nmod:desc |
| 43 | Gawain | Gawain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 45 rede | nmod:poss |
| 44 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 43 Gawain | case |
| 45 | rede | rede | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 hearken | obj |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 harm | punct |
| 47 | thereof | thereof | ADV | _ | 50 harm | advmod |
| 48 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 50 harm | aux |
| 49 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 50 harm | advmod |
| 50 | harm | harm | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 41 hearken | conj |
| 51 | befall | befall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 50 harm | conj |
| 52 | ye | ye | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 51 befall | nsubj |
| 53 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 56 give | punct |
| 54 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 56 give | nsubj |
| 55 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 56 give | aux |
| 56 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 41 hearken | conj |
| 57 | ye | ye | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 56 give | iobj |
| 58 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 counsel | det |
| 59 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 60 counsel | amod |
| 60 | counsel | counsel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 give | obj |
| 61 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 conjure | punct |
| 62 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 conjure | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | conjure | present | I | ye | by the faith | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ye=Result | |||
| 2 | owe | present | ye | the faith | our Lady | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent that=Theme to lady=Goal | |||
| 3 | do | infinitive | that | my bidding | by the honour of knighthood; ye nsubj | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bidding=Eventuality | |||
| 4 | let | infinitive | I not said here | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | not is | infinitive | your thoughts | of good evil | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | hearken | infinitive | I not said here | Gawain Sir's rede | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | not harm | shall | I not said here | thereof property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 8 | befall | present | ye | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 9 | give | shall | Sir | the best counsel | ye | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent ye=Recipient counsel=Theme | |||
| 10 | honour | knighthood | nom honour «state transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 11 | bid | my | nom bidding «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 12 | think | your | nom thought «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
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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