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title: Quoth the Father of Adventure, "By the might of our Lord, and by His… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics
description: Quoth the Father of Adventure, "By the might of our Lord, and by His name, who ruleth in heaven, henceforth I will not rest in one place more than one night or two, but will ride ever till I have found Perceval, or learnt certain tidings of his doings; and I will bring him to court an he be minded t
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# Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 2, sentence 53

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Quoth the Father of Adventure, "By the might of our Lord, and by His name, who ruleth in heaven, henceforth I will not rest in one place more than one night or two, but will ride ever till I have found Perceval, or learnt certain tidings of his doings; and I will bring him to court an he be minded to ride with me--further will I not vaunt myself."

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**Who acts:** name, ye, lord · **What happens:** rule, not rest, ride, find, learn, bring · **To what, where:** heaven, one place, Perceval, certain tidings, court, an

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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 (name, ye, lord), 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:pg8447:2:53
# text = Quoth the Father of Adventure, "By the might of our Lord, and by His name, who ruleth in heaven, henceforth I will not rest in one place more than one night or two, but will ride ever till I have found Perceval, or learnt certain tidings of his doings; and I will bring him to court an he be minded to ride with me--further will I not vaunt myself."
1	Quoth	Quoth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Father	Father	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Adventure	adventure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	By	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
10	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	Lord	Lord	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	by	by	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	21	nsubj	_	_
21	ruleth	rule	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	parataxis	_	_
22	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
25	henceforth	henceforth	ADV	RB	_	29	advmod	_	_
26	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
27	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	29	aux	_	_
28	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	29	advmod	_	_
29	rest	rest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	conj	_	_
30	in	in	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	32	nummod	_	_
32	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	_
33	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	32	amod	_	_
34	than	than	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	36	nummod	_	_
36	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	_
37	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
38	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	36	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
40	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
41	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	42	aux	_	_
42	ride	ride	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	29	conj	_	_
43	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	42	advmod	_	_
44	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	47	mark	_	_
45	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	47	nsubj	_	_
46	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	47	aux	_	_
47	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	42	advcl	_	_
48	Perceval	Perceval	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	47	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
50	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc	_	_
51	learnt	learn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	47	conj	_	_
52	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	53	amod	_	_
53	tidings	tiding	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	51	obj	_	_
54	of	of	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	56	nmod:poss	_	_
56	doings	doing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	53	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	61	punct	_	_
58	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	61	cc	_	_
59	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	61	nsubj	_	_
60	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	61	aux	_	_
61	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	conj	_	_
62	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	61	obj	_	_
63	to	to	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
64	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	obl	_	_
65	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	68	nsubj:pass	_	_
66	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	68	nsubj	_	_
67	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	68	aux:pass	_	_
68	minded	mind	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	61	conj	_	_
69	to	to	PART	TO	_	70	mark	_	_
70	ride	ride	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	68	xcomp	_	_
71	with	with	ADP	IN	_	72	case	_	_
72	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	70	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	75	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	further	further	ADV	RB	_	75	advmod	_	_
75	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	78	aux	_	_
76	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	78	nsubj	_	_
77	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	78	advmod	_	_
78	vaunt	vaunt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	70	conj	_	_
79	myself	myself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	78	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
80	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
81	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rule** *in a quote* | present | lord's name |  |  | heaven |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **rest** *in a quote* | future | ye |  |  | one place |  | henceforth *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent in place=Location |
| 3 | **ride** *in a quote* | future | ye *not said here* |  |  |  | ever |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **find** *in a quote* | present · perfect | ye | Perceval |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent perceval=Topic |
| 5 | **learn** *in a quote* | participle | ye *not said here* | certain tidings of lord's doings |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tiding=Topic |
| 6 | **bring** *in a quote* | future | ye | Perceval |  | court |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to court=Destination |
| 7 | **mind** *in a quote* | infinitive · passive |  | an |  |  |  | Perceval *nsubj* | tree rules |
| 8 | **ride** *in a quote* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with ye | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **not** **vaunt** *in a quote* | future | ye | ye |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 11 | **name** *in a quote* |  | lord |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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