--- title: Now believe ye my tale; did ye once find Perceval, an ye thought to… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Now believe ye my tale; did ye once find Perceval, an ye thought to say to him other than he chose to hear, by the Lord above us ye dare not do it for the king's crown, who is lord of this land, he would put ye to such great shame! Who acts: you, ye, Perceval, crown. 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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, ye, Perceval, crown), 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:pg8447:2:47 # text = Now believe ye my tale; did ye once find Perceval, an ye thought to say to him other than he chose to hear, by the Lord above us ye dare not do it for the king's crown, who is lord of this land, he would put ye to such great shame! 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 believe believe VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 2 obj _ _ 4 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 8 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 10 nsubj _ _ 9 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 10 advmod _ _ 10 find find VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 11 Perceval Perceval PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 nsubj _ _ 15 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ _ 20 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 obj _ _ 21 than than SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 chose choose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 ccomp _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 by by ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 30 above above ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nmod _ _ 32 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 obl:unmarked _ _ 33 dare dare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 35 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 40 's 's PART POS _ 39 case _ _ 41 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 44 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 45 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 appos _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 48 det _ _ 48 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 50 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 53 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 52 obj _ _ 54 to to ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 55 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 56 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 shame shame NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | imperative | you *not said here* | ye | | | now | my tale *obj* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent ye=Theme tale=Eventuality | | 2 | **find** | past · do-support | ye | Perceval | | | | once *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent perceval=Topic | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past | ye | Perceval *not said here* | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent perceval=Attribute clause=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | ye *not said here* | other | Perceval | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent other=Topic to he=Recipient | | 5 | **choose** | past | Perceval | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **hear** | to-infinitive | Perceval *not said here* | the Lord | | | | above us; ye *obl:unmarked* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer lord=Stimulus | | 7 | **not** **dare** | infinitive | Perceval *not said here* | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **not** **do** | infinitive | Perceval *not said here* | tale | | | | for the king's crown | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 9 | **is a** | present | the king's crown | lord | | | | of this land | tree rules | | 10 | **put** | would | Perceval | ye | | | | to such great shame | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent ye=Goal | | 11 | **tell** | | my | | | | | | nom tale «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **crown** | | the king | | | | | | nom crown «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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/2/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/2/48/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/2/)