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title: Now is it three days past since, as I fared on my way, a knight met… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics
description: Now is it three days past since, as I fared on my way, a knight met me, and I deemed his steed so good that I coveted it above all things, but when I laid hands upon the bridle and bade the knight dismount then was he ready with his sword and repaid me with such a blow that I forgot who I was and al
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# Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 2, sentence 19

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Now is it three days past since, as I fared on my way, a knight met me, and I deemed his steed so good that I coveted it above all things, but when I laid hands upon the bridle and bade the knight dismount then was he ready with his sword and repaid me with such a blow that I forgot who I was and all that had befallen me; so fierce was the stroke he dealt me!

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**Who acts:** many, I, knight, that · **What happens:** be, fare, meet, deem, covet, lay · **To what, where:** three days, way, me, steed, many, things

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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 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (many, I, knight, that), 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:pg8447:2:19
# text = Now is it three days past since, as I fared on my way, a knight met me, and I deemed his steed so good that I coveted it above all things, but when I laid hands upon the bridle and bade the knight dismount then was he ready with his sword and repaid me with such a blow that I forgot who I was and all that had befallen me; so fierce was the stroke he dealt me!
1	Now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	past	past	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	since	since	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	fared	fare	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
18	met	meet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	acl:relcl	_	_
19	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
22	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
23	deemed	deem	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
24	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	_	_
25	steed	steed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	_
26	so	so	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	_
27	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	xcomp	_	_
28	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	30	mark	_	_
29	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
30	coveted	covet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	advcl	_	_
31	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	obj	_	_
32	above	above	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	34	det	_	_
34	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
36	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	57	cc	_	_
37	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	39	advmod	_	_
38	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	39	nsubj	_	_
39	laid	lay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	57	advcl	_	_
40	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	obj	_	_
41	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	bridle	bridle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
45	bade	bade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	conj	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
47	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	compound	_	_
48	dismount	dismount	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	appos	_	_
49	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	52	advmod	_	_
50	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	52	cop	_	_
51	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	52	nsubj	_	_
52	ready	ready	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	advcl	_	_
53	with	with	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
54	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	55	nmod:poss	_	_
55	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obl	_	_
56	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
57	repaid	repay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
58	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	57	obj	_	_
59	with	with	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
60	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	62	det:predet	_	_
61	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
62	blow	blow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	obl	_	_
63	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	65	obj	_	_
64	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	65	nsubj	_	_
65	forgot	forget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	62	acl:relcl	_	_
66	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	65	parataxis	_	_
67	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	66	nsubj	_	_
68	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	66	cop	_	_
69	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	73	cc	_	_
70	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	73	det:predet	_	_
71	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	73	nsubj	_	_
72	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	73	aux	_	_
73	befallen	befall	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	65	conj	_	_
74	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	73	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
75	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	80	punct	_	_
76	so	so	ADV	RB	_	77	advmod	_	_
77	fierce	fierce	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	80	amod	_	_
78	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	80	cop	_	_
79	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	80	det	_	_
80	stroke	stroke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
81	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	82	nsubj	_	_
82	dealt	deal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	80	acl:relcl	_	_
83	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	82	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
84	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | many | three days and the fierce stroke |  |  | now | since *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **fare** | past | I |  |  | my way |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **meet** | past | a knight | me |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Co-Agent |
| 4 | **deem** | past | I | knight's steed |  |  |  | good *property* | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent steed=Attribute |
| 5 | **covet** | past | I | many |  | all things |  |  | vn want-32.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme |
| 6 | **lay** | past | I | hands |  | the bridle and bade |  |  | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hand=Theme upon bridle=Destination |
| 7 | **is** | past | knight |  |  |  | then | with knight's sword; ready *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **repay** | past | I *not said here* |  | me |  |  | with such blow | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient with blow=Theme |
| 9 | **forget** | past | I | such blow |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 10 | **is a** | past | I | such blow |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 11 | **befall** | past · perfect | that | me |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 12 | **is a** | past | many *not said here* | the fierce stroke |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 13 | **deal** | past | knight | me |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |

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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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