--- title: And the knight answered: "Of that ye would ask me may I tell ye naug… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: And the knight answered: "Of that ye would ask me may I tell ye naught, save only that the knight's steed and armour were red as blood, and he seemed to me of Wales by his speech, and by all I might discern of him. Who acts: knight, that, steed. 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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 (knight, that, steed), 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:pg8447:2:27 # text = And the knight answered: "Of that ye would ask me may I tell ye naught, save only that the knight's steed and armour were red as blood, and he seemed to me of Wales by his speech, and by all I might discern of him. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 nsubj _ _ 9 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nsubj _ _ 10 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 12 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 iobj _ _ 13 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 16 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 iobj _ _ 17 naught naught PRON NN PronType=Neg 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 20 only only ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 24 's 's PART POS _ 23 case _ _ 25 steed steed NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 armour armour NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 28 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 29 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 advcl _ _ 30 as as ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 xcomp _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 Wales Wales PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 40 by by ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 speech speech NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 45 by by ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 49 obl _ _ 47 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 discern discern VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the knight | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | would | that | | the knight *= knight* | | | ye *nsubj* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | may | the knight *= knight* | naught | ye | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent ye=Recipient naught=Topic | | 4 | **save** *in a quote* | infinitive | that *not said here* | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | past | the knight's steed and armour | | | | | as blood; red *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **seem** *in a quote* | past | knight | | | | | by knight's speech; me *xcomp* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **discern** *in a quote* | might | the knight *= knight* | | | | | by all; of knight | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **speak** *in a quote* | | knight | | | | | | nom speech «communication 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. - ← previous: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/2/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/2/28/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/2/)