--- title: The knights of whom ye ask did there their orisons, as well became t… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: The knights of whom ye ask did there their orisons, as well became them, but I may not tell ye whither they went at their departing; in sooth I know naught, for I said my prayers here within and forgat them. Who acts: ye, knights, I, steeds. 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Weston, Opening, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (ye, knights, I, steeds), 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:pg8447:4:18 # text = The knights of whom ye ask did there their orisons, as well became them, but I may not tell ye whither they went at their departing; in sooth I know naught, for I said my prayers here within and forgat them. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 knights knight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 2 nmod _ _ 5 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 6 nsubj _ _ 6 ask ask VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 9 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 orisons orison NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 as as ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 14 cc _ _ 13 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 12 fixed _ _ 14 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 22 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 21 iobj _ _ 23 whither whither ADV WRB PronType=Int 25 advmod _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 ccomp _ _ 26 at at ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 departing departing NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 sooth sooth NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 34 naught naught PRON NN PronType=Neg 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 for for SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 39 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 prayers prayer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 41 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ _ 42 within within ADP IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 forgat forgat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 ccomp _ _ 45 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | ye | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **do** | past | the knights | steeds's orisons | | there | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent orison=Eventuality | | 3 | **become** | past | | steeds *= steed* | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Patient they=Result | | 4 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | may | I | | ye | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent ye=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **go** | past | steeds *= steed* | | | steeds's departing | | whither *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at departing=Location | | 6 | **know** | present | I | naught | | sooth | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer naught=Stimulus | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | I | my prayers | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **forgat** | infinitive | | steeds *= steed* | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **pray** | | my | | | | | | nom prayer «act intransitive»: 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/4/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/4/19/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/4/)