--- title: I rode in quest of Sir Lancelot awhile; and thereafter had I but lit… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: I rode in quest of Sir Lancelot awhile; and thereafter had I but little respite, since I brought my brother to court, where he was held in high honour, and so soon as he was made knight must I ride forth with him upon a journey which he would in no wise delay; for he was fain to avenge the harm done --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/10/8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered in…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/) / [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/10/) / 8 # Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 10, sentence 8 I rode in quest of Sir Lancelot awhile; and thereafter had I but little respite, since I brought my brother to court, where he was held in high honour, and so soon as he was made knight must I ride forth with him upon a journey which he would in no wise delay; for he was fain to avenge the harm done to our father many a year agone--that must ye understand. **Who acts:** I, Sir, ye, Lancelot · **What happens:** rode, have, bring, hold, make, ride · **To what, where:** quest, I, brother, court, Sir, high honour This is a sentence of «Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch» by Jessie L. 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 (I, Sir, ye, Lancelot), 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:pg8447:10:8 # text = I rode in quest of Sir Lancelot awhile; and thereafter had I but little respite, since I brought my brother to court, where he was held in high honour, and so soon as he was made knight must I ride forth with him upon a journey which he would in no wise delay; for he was fain to avenge the harm done to our father many a year agone--that must ye understand. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 rode rode VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 quest quest NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:desc _ _ 7 Lancelot Lancelot PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 awhile awhile ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 thereafter thereafter ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 respite respite NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 since since SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 21 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 29 advmod _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 acl:relcl _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 35 so so ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 44 advmod _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 advcl _ _ 41 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 42 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 ride ride VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 45 forth forth ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 46 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ _ 48 upon upon ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 51 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 53 nsubj _ _ 52 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 acl:relcl _ _ 54 in in ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 55 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 57 det _ _ 56 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 delay delay NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ; ; PUNCT : _ 62 punct _ _ 59 for for SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 60 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 61 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 cop _ _ 62 fain fain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 63 to to PART TO _ 64 mark _ _ 64 avenge avenge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 62 csubj _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 harm harm NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obj _ _ 67 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 64 xcomp _ _ 68 to to ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 70 nmod:poss _ _ 70 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obl _ _ 71 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 obl _ _ 72 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 73 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 compound _ _ 74 agone agone NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 75 -- -- PUNCT , _ 79 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 76 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 79 obj _ _ 77 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 79 aux _ _ 78 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 79 nsubj _ _ 79 understand understand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 74 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 80 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rode** | present | I | | | quest of Lancelot Sir | | | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | past | | I | | | | thereafter *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 3 | **bring** | past | I | my brother | | court | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent brother=Theme to court=Destination | | 4 | **hold** | past · passive | | Sir | | high honour | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in honour=Location | | 5 | **make** | past · passive | | Sir | | | | knight *obj* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary knight=Product | | 6 | **ride** | must | I | | | | | with Sir; upon a journey; forth, soon *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | past | Sir | | | | | fain *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **avenge** | to-infinitive | | the harm | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **do** | participle | | many | | | | to our father | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **understand** | must | ye | a year agone | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | | 11 | **quest** | | Lancelot Sir | | | | | | nom quest «cognition intransitive»: of=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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/10/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/10/9/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/10/)