--- title: This may I say forsooth; since I lost Perceval, and the ill chance b… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: This may I say forsooth; since I lost Perceval, and the ill chance befell me that he had the will and the desire to seek the Grail and the spear (which he may not find) many a wounded knight hath he sent as captive to my court, whom, for their misdoing, he hath vanquished by his might. 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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 (This, I, ill chance, chance), 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:pg8447:2:31 # text = This may I say forsooth; since I lost Perceval, and the ill chance befell me that he had the will and the desire to seek the Grail and the spear (which he may not find) many a wounded knight hath he sent as captive to my court, whom, for their misdoing, he hath vanquished by his might. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 2 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 forsooth forsooth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 since since SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 10 Perceval Perceval PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 befell befall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 17 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 22 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 desire desire NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 acl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Grail grail NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 spear spear NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 33 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 obj _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 38 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 38 punct _ _ 40 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 nsubj _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 wounded wounded ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 44 hath have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 ccomp _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 ccomp _ _ 47 as as ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 captive captive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 obl _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 53 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 51 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 55 for for ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 misdoing misdoing NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 59 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 60 hath have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 61 vanquished vanquish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 60 xcomp _ _ 62 by by SCONJ IN _ 64 mark _ _ 63 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 64 nmod:poss _ _ 64 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 61 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | may | This | forsooth | | | | I *nsubj* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent forsooth=Topic | | 2 | **lose** | past | I | Perceval | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent perceval=Eventuality | | 3 | **befall** | past | the ill chance | me | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **have** | past | chance | the desire | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent desire=Patient | | 5 | **seek** | to-infinitive | chance *not said here* | the Grail and the spear | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grail=Theme | | 6 | **not** **find** | may | chance | the Grail and the spear | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent which=Attribute clause=Theme | | 7 | **have** | present | many | | | | | a wounded knight *nsubj* | tree rules | | 8 | **send** | past | knight | | | my court | | as captive | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to court=Destination | | 9 | **have** | present | knight | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **vanquish** | participle | knight *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/2/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/2/32/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/2/)