--- title: Then spake Sir Kay the seneschal: "God-wot I shall fetch Perceval, w… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Then spake Sir Kay the seneschal: "God-wot I shall fetch Perceval, whether he will or no, and bring hither to court him whom ye praise so highly, and believe me well, were he wrought of iron, by the God who made me I will bring him living or dead! Who acts: you, God wot, ye, wot. 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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 (you, God wot, ye, wot), 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:pg8447:2:35 # text = Then spake Sir Kay the seneschal: "God-wot I shall fetch Perceval, whether he will or no, and bring hither to court him whom ye praise so highly, and believe me well, were he wrought of iron, by the God who made me I will bring him living or dead! 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 spake speak VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:desc _ _ 4 Kay Kay PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 seneschal seneschal NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 wot wot NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 fetch fetch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 15 Perceval Perceval PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 20 or or CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 25 hither hither ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nmod _ _ 29 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 31 obj _ _ 30 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 nsubj _ _ 31 praise praise VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 32 so so ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 highly highly ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 37 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 wrought wrought ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 conj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 by by ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 49 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 50 nsubj _ _ 50 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 acl:relcl _ _ 51 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ _ 52 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 53 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 xcomp _ _ 55 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 obj _ _ 56 living live VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 54 xcomp _ _ 57 or or CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 58 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | Kay Sir | | | then | the seneschal *obj* | tree rules | | 2 | **fetch** *in a quote* | shall | God wot | Perceval | | | | I *nsubj*; the God *conj* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent perceval=Theme | | 3 | **bring** *in a quote* | infinitive | God wot *not said here* | court wot | | | | hither *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent court=Theme | | 4 | **praise** *in a quote* | present | ye | court wot | | | | highly *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Theme | | 5 | **believe** *in a quote* | infinitive | God wot *not said here* | me | | | | well *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | past | wot | | | | | of iron; wrought *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **make** *in a quote* | past | the God | me | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **bring** *in a quote* | future | I | Perceval | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **live** *in a quote* | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/2/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/2/36/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/2/)