--- title: Now shall I leave speaking of this matter till I come again thereto,… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Now shall I leave speaking of this matter till I come again thereto, and will forthwith tell ye how it fared with Morien when the three had parted asunder, as I told ye afore (Sir Gawain, Morien, and Sir Lancelot, he was the third), since they would fain make proof of that which the Hermit had told --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/7/12/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered in…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/) / [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/7/) / 12 # Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 7, sentence 12 Now shall I leave speaking of this matter till I come again thereto, and will forthwith tell ye how it fared with Morien when the three had parted asunder, as I told ye afore (Sir Gawain, Morien, and Sir Lancelot, he was the third), since they would fain make proof of that which the Hermit had told them. **Who acts:** I, matter, Sir, knights · **What happens:** leave, speak, come, tell, fare, part · **To what, where:** parted asunder, ye, three, proof, knights, that · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch» by Jessie L. Weston, Opening, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, matter, Sir, knights), 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:pg8447:7:12 # text = Now shall I leave speaking of this matter till I come again thereto, and will forthwith tell ye how it fared with Morien when the three had parted asunder, as I told ye afore (Sir Gawain, Morien, and Sir Lancelot, he was the third), since they would fain make proof of that which the Hermit had told them. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 speaking speak VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 till till SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 12 again again ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 thereto thereto ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 forthwith forthwith ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 19 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 iobj _ _ 20 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 fared fare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 ccomp _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 Morien Morien PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 25 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 29 advmod _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 parted part VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 amod _ _ 30 asunder asunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 as as SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 35 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 34 iobj _ _ 36 afore afore ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 37 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod:desc _ _ 39 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 Morien Morien PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nmod:desc _ _ 45 Lancelot Lancelot PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 53 since since SCONJ IN _ 56 mark _ _ 54 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 55 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 56 fain fain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 57 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 xcomp _ _ 58 proof proof NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obj _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 58 nmod _ _ 61 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 65 nsubj:pass _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 Hermit Hermit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 65 nsubj _ _ 64 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 aux _ _ 65 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 58 acl _ _ 66 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | shall | I | | | | now | | tree rules | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | of this matter | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **come** | present | I | | | | again | thereto *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | future | | parted asunder | ye | | | forthwith *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **fare** | past | matter | | | | | with Morien | tree rules | | 6 | **part** | past · perfect · passive | | the three | | | | | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | I | | ye | | | Gawain Sir and Morien and Lancelot Sir *parataxis*; afore *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent ye=Recipient | | 8 | **is** | past | Sir | | | | | third *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **fain** | would | knights *= knight* | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **make** | infinitive | knights *= knight* *not said here* | proof of that | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset proof=Product | | 11 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · perfect · passive | | proof of that | knights *= knight* | | | the Hermit *nsubj* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient they=Topic | | 12 | **proof** | | | that | | | | | nom proof «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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. 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