--- title: He hath learnt the truth; did he seek till Doomsday that which he we… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: He hath learnt the truth; did he seek till Doomsday that which he went forth to seek, the spear and the grail, he would find them not; that cometh altogether from his sin against his mother whereas he left her in the forest, and would no more remain with women--then did she die for sorrow. 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Weston, Opening, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Perceval, that, Mother), 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:pg8447:8:84 # text = He hath learnt the truth; did he seek till Doomsday that which he went forth to seek, the spear and the grail, he would find them not; that cometh altogether from his sin against his mother whereas he left her in the forest, and would no more remain with women--then did she die for sorrow. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hath have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 learnt learn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 7 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 10 till till ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Doomsday Doomsday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 16 forth forth ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 spear spear NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 grail grail NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 29 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 32 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 nsubj _ _ 33 cometh come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 34 altogether altogether ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 from from ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 sin sin NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 38 against against ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 41 whereas whereas SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 44 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 50 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 51 no no ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 52 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 53 advmod _ _ 53 remain remain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 54 with with ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 -- -- PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 60 advmod _ _ 58 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 59 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 60 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 61 for for ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 sorrow sorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | Perceval | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **learn** | past | Perceval *not said here* | the truth | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent truth=Topic | | 3 | **seek** | past · do-support | Perceval | | | | till Doomsday | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **go** | past | | | | | | which *nsubj*; Perceval *nsubj*; forth *property* | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **seek** | to-infinitive | | the spear and the grail | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spear=Theme | | 6 | **not** **find** | would | Perceval | tidings *= tiding* | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic | | 7 | **come** | present | that | | | Perceval's sin against Perceval's mother | | altogether *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from sin=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **leave** | past | Perceval | Mother | | the forest | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme in forest=Location | | 9 | **remain** | would | Perceval *not said here* | | | | | with women | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **die** | past · do-support | Mother | | | | then | for sorrow | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for sorrow=Theme | 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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/8/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/8/85/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/8/)