--- title: They straitly prayed their lord that he would make the knight known… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: They straitly prayed their lord that he would make the knight known to them; how he came thither; who he was, whence he came, and whither he went, and what might be his name? Who acts: They, many. 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Weston, Opening, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (They, many), 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:pg8447:6:2 # text = They straitly prayed their lord that he would make the knight known to them; how he came thither; who he was, whence he came, and whither he went, and what might be his name? 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 straitly straitly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 prayed pray VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 19 thither thither ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 21 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 whence whence ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 whither whither ADV WRB PronType=Int 32 advmod _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 35 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 39 nsubj _ _ 36 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 cop _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pray** | past | They | their lord | | | | straitly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | would | many | the knight | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knight=Product | | 3 | **know** | participle | | the knight *not said here* | them *= they* | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **come** | past | many | | | | | thither *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | | | | | | who *nsubj*; many *nsubj*; come, whence *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **go** | past | many | | | | | whither *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is a** | might | | many's name | | | | what *nsubj*; many *nmod:poss* | tree rules | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/6/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/6/3/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/6/)