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title: The adventure doeth us to wit that in the morning, so soon as it was… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics
description: The adventure doeth us to wit that in the morning, so soon as it was day, they rode forth together through many a waste land, over many a heath and high hill, adown many a valley to seek Sir Perceval, but little did it profit them, for of him might they learn naught. Who acts: adventure, hands, litt
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# Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 2, sentence 69

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The adventure doeth us to wit that in the morning, so soon as it was day, they rode forth together through many a waste land, over many a heath and high hill, adown many a valley to seek Sir Perceval, but little did it profit them, for of him might they learn naught.

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**Who acts:** adventure, hands, little · **What happens:** do, wit, be, ride, seek, learn · **To what, where:** us, many valley, waste land, Sir, Adventure, naught

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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 (adventure, hands, little), 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:pg8447:2:70
# text = The adventure doeth us to wit that in the morning, so soon as it was day, they rode forth together through many a waste land, over many a heath and high hill, adown many a valley to seek Sir Perceval, but little did it profit them, for of him might they learn naught.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	adventure	adventure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	doeth	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	wit	wit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
14	as	as	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
16	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	rode	ride	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
21	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
22	together	together	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
23	through	through	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
24	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	nsubj	_	_
25	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	waste	waste	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
29	over	over	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
30	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
31	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	heath	heath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
34	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	_	_
35	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
37	adown	adown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	conj	_	_
38	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
39	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	valley	valley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
41	to	to	PART	TO	_	42	mark	_	_
42	seek	seek	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	advcl	_	_
43	Sir	Sir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	obj	_	_
44	Perceval	Perceval	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
46	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
47	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	48	nsubj	_	_
48	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	58	advcl	_	_
49	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	48	obj	_	_
50	profit	profit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obj	_	_
51	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
53	for	for	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
54	of	of	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
55	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	58	obl	_	_
56	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	58	aux	_	_
57	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	58	nsubj	_	_
58	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	parataxis	_	_
59	naught	naught	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	58	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | the adventure | us |  |  |  | soon *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **wit** | to-infinitive | the adventure *not said here* |  |  |  | morning |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | past | Adventure |  |  |  | as day |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **ride** | past | hands *= hand* | a many valley |  | a waste land |  | over a many heath and high hill and adown; forth, together *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through land=Trajectory |
| 5 | **seek** | to-infinitive | hands *= hand* *not said here* | Sir |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sir=Theme |
| 6 | **do** | past | little | Adventure |  |  |  | profit  hands *obj* | tree rules |
| 7 | **learn** | might | hands *= hand* | naught |  |  |  | for Sir | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent naught=Topic |

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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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