--- title: He knew the two knights well, when he heard their tale, and how that… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: He knew the two knights well, when he heard their tale, and how that they were even the same who had but lately passed his way, and he spake to the Father of Adventure: "Even so did I foretell ye when ye would ride toward that land, and I prayed ye to refrain. Who acts: Sir, knights, Gawain, ye. 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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 (Sir, knights, Gawain, ye), 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:pg8447:7:76 # text = He knew the two knights well, when he heard their tale, and how that they were even the same who had but lately passed his way, and he spake to the Father of Adventure: "Even so did I foretell ye when ye would ride toward that land, and I prayed ye to refrain. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 knights knight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 6 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 11 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 15 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 18 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 19 even even ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 parataxis _ _ 22 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 23 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 lately lately ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 spake speak NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 Father Father PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 Adventure adventure NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 : : PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 39 " " PUNCT `` _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 Even even ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 so so ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 42 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 foretell foretell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 45 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 44 obj _ _ 46 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 49 advmod _ _ 47 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 49 nsubj _ _ 48 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 ride ride VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 parataxis _ _ 50 toward toward ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 52 det _ _ 52 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 55 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 prayed pray VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 57 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 56 obj _ _ 58 to to PART TO _ 59 mark _ _ 59 refrain refrain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | Sir | the two knights | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer knight=Stimulus | | 2 | **hear** | past | Sir | knights's tale | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer tale=Stimulus | | 3 | **is** | past | knights *= knight* | | | | | same *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **have** | past | | | | | | who *nsubj* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **pass** | past | | Sir's way | | | | lately *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme way=Trajectory | | 6 | **speak** *speech: other* | | Sir | | | | | to the Father of Adventure | tree rules | | 7 | **foretell** *in a quote* | past · do-support | Gawain | ye | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ye=Theme | | 8 | **ride** *in a quote* | would | ye | | | that land | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent toward land=Trajectory | | 9 | **pray** *in a quote* | past | Gawain | ye | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **refrain** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Gawain *not said here* | | | | | | vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **tell** | | knights *= knight* | | | | | | nom tale «communication 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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/7/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/7/77/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/7/)