--- title: And Morien stood before him and asked him if he yet remembered how,… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: And Morien stood before him and asked him if he yet remembered how, seeking for Sir Lancelot, he came into the land of the Moors, and how he there loved a maiden, and plighted to her his troth, and how she granted to him her favours ere he departed from her upon his quest. Who acts: Morien, Sir. 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Weston, Opening, part 10. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Morien, Sir), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg8447:10:4 # text = And Morien stood before him and asked him if he yet remembered how, seeking for Sir Lancelot, he came into the land of the Moors, and how he there loved a maiden, and plighted to her his troth, and how she granted to him her favours ere he departed from her upon his quest. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Morien Morien PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 before before ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 iobj _ _ 9 if if SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 yet yet ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 remembered remember VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 13 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 seeking seek VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod:desc _ _ 18 Lancelot Lancelot PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 22 into into ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Moors moor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 30 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 33 advmod _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 33 advmod _ _ 33 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 maiden maiden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 plighted plight VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 troth troth NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 45 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 47 advmod _ _ 46 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 granted grant VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 advcl _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obl _ _ 50 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 favours favour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obj _ _ 52 ere ere ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 53 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 departed depart VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 55 from from ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 56 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 57 upon upon ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 59 quest quest NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | Morien | | | | before Sir | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before he=Location | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Morien *not said here* | | Sir | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 3 | **remember** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Sir | | | | yet | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **seek** | gerund | Sir *not said here* | | | | | for Lancelot Sir | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for lancelot=Theme | | 5 | **come** | past | Sir | | | the land of the Moors | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into land=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **love** | past | Sir | a maiden | | there | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **plight** | participle | Morien *not said here* | | | | | to Morien's troth | tree rules | | 8 | **grant** | past | Morien | Morien's favours | Sir | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent favour=Theme to he=Goal | | 9 | **depart** | past | Sir | | | Morien's quest | | ere *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from quest=Initial\_Location | | 10 | **favour** | | Morien | | | | | | nom favour «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **quest** | | Morien | | | | | | nom quest «cognition intransitive»: 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. - ← previous: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/10/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/10/5/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/10/)