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title: The adventure maketh known that when the strife was ended, and Arthu… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics
description: The adventure maketh known that when the strife was ended, and Arthur's land once more at peace, Morien bethought him that he would make his father be wedded to the lady, his mother; and he prayed his uncle to journey with him if he would, and Sir Perceval was right willing thereto. Who acts: advent
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# Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 12, sentence 43

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The adventure maketh known that when the strife was ended, and Arthur's land once more at peace, Morien bethought him that he would make his father be wedded to the lady, his mother; and he prayed his uncle to journey with him if he would, and Sir Perceval was right willing thereto.

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**Who acts:** adventure, land, strife, Morien, Perceval · **What happens:** make, know, be, bethink, wed, pray · **To what, where:** land, adventure, father, uncle

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This is a sentence of «Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch» by Jessie L. Weston, Opening, part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (adventure, land, strife, Morien), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg8447:12:43
# text = The adventure maketh known that when the strife was ended, and Arthur's land once more at peace, Morien bethought him that he would make his father be wedded to the lady, his mother; and he prayed his uncle to journey with him if he would, and Sir Perceval was right willing thereto.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	adventure	adventure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	maketh	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	xcomp	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
6	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	10	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	strife	strife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	ended	ended	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	Arthur	Arthur	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
16	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	17	advmod	_	_
17	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
18	at	at	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
21	Morien	Morien	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
22	bethought	bethink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
23	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	obj	_	_
24	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	27	mark	_	_
25	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj	_	_
26	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	27	aux	_	_
27	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	advcl	_	_
28	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	29	nmod:poss	_	_
29	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nsubj	_	_
30	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	31	aux:pass	_	_
31	wedded	wed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	27	xcomp	_	_
32	to	to	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
36	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	37	nmod:poss	_	_
37	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	41	punct	_	_
39	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
40	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	41	nsubj	_	_
41	prayed	pray	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
42	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	43	nmod:poss	_	_
43	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obj	_	_
44	to	to	PART	TO	_	45	mark	_	_
45	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	conj	_	_
46	with	with	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	nmod	_	_
48	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	50	mark	_	_
49	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	nsubj	_	_
50	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	41	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
52	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	57	cc	_	_
53	Sir	Sir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	54	nmod:desc	_	_
54	Perceval	Perceval	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	57	nsubj	_	_
55	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	57	cop	_	_
56	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	57	amod	_	_
57	willing	willing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	conj	_	_
58	thereto	thereto	ADV	RB	_	57	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | the adventure | Arthur's land |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **know** | participle | Arthur's land *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is** | past | the strife |  |  |  |  | ended *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **bethink** | past | Morien | adventure |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **make** | would | Morien |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **wed** | infinitive · passive |  | Morien's father |  |  |  | to the lady and Morien's mother | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to lady=Co-Patient |
| 7 | **pray** | past | Morien | Morien's uncle and journey with father |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **is** | past | Perceval  Sir |  |  |  |  | thereto, willing *property* | tree rules |

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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.

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**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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