--- title: Were the one of ye Sir Lancelot, and the other King Arthur's sister'… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Were the one of ye Sir Lancelot, and the other King Arthur's sister's son (these twain are wont to be praised above all in Arthur's court as I have ofttimes heard, though never have I seen them), yet would I not yield a foot to them!" Who acts: twain, I. 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Weston, Opening, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (twain, 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:pg8447:3:7 # text = Were the one of ye Sir Lancelot, and the other King Arthur's sister's son (these twain are wont to be praised above all in Arthur's court as I have ofttimes heard, though never have I seen them), yet would I not yield a foot to them!" 1 Were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 3 nmod _ _ 6 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:desc _ _ 7 Lancelot Lancelot PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 12 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 Arthur Arthur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 14 's 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 16 's 's PART POS _ 15 case _ _ 17 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 18 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 20 det _ _ 20 twain twain NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 21 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 22 wont wont ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 parataxis _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 24 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 praised praise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 advcl _ _ 26 above above ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 25 obl _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 Arthur Arthur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 30 's 's PART POS _ 29 case _ _ 31 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 32 as as SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 ofttimes ofttime NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 36 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 42 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 though though ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 39 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 40 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 43 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 46 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 47 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 48 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 50 advmod _ _ 50 yield yield VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 53 to to ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ! ! PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 " " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the one | | | | of ye Lancelot Sir; the other King Arthur's sister's son *appos* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | this twain | | | | | wont *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **praise** | to-infinitive · passive | this twain *not said here* | | | all in Arthur's court | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP» | | 4 | **hear** | present · perfect | | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **see** | present · perfect | I | ofttimes *= ofttime* | | | | though *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 6 | **not** **yield** | would | I | a foot | ofttimes *= ofttime* | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent foot=Theme to they=Goal | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/3/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/3/8/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/3/)