--- title: Rather will I try what may chance, and adventure all that God hath g… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Rather will I try what may chance, and adventure all that God hath given me, for he sought me with all his power when I was in secret case, and brought me once more to court--for that do I owe him faith and fellowship." Who acts: Rather, God, I. 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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 (Rather, God, I), 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:pg8447:2:64 # text = Rather will I try what may chance, and adventure all that God hath given me, for he sought me with all his power when I was in secret case, and brought me once more to court--for that do I owe him faith and fellowship." 1 Rather rather NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 6 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 7 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 adventure adventure VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 11 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 12 det:predet _ _ 12 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 13 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 hath have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 15 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 ccomp _ _ 16 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 for for SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 21 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 25 det:predet _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 26 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 31 advmod _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 secret secret ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 35 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 37 advmod _ _ 37 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 34 advmod _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 -- -- PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 for for SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 43 nsubj _ _ 43 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 owe owe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 faith faith NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 fellowship fellowship NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | future | Rather | | | | | I *nsubj*; what *obj* | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 2 | **adventure** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **have** | present | that God | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **give** | participle | that God *not said here* | | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 5 | **seek** | past | God | me | | | | with God's power | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | I | | | secret case | | | tree rules | | 7 | **bring** | past | | me | | court | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme to court=Destination | | 8 | **owe** | present · do-support | I | faith and fellowship | God | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal faith=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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/2/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/2/65/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/2/)