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title: And may I but see my father, an good luck befall me, I turn not from… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics
description: And may I but see my father, an good luck befall me, I turn not from that goal, e'en if I find the man who gave me life, but ere I depart he shall keep the vow that he sware to my mother when he aforetime parted from her, and left her sorrowing sore, even that he would wed her, and make her his wife
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# Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 9, sentence 2

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And may I but see my father, an good luck befall me, I turn not from that goal, e'en if I find the man who gave me life, but ere I depart he shall keep the vow that he sware to my mother when he aforetime parted from her, and left her sorrowing sore, even that he would wed her, and make her his wife.

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**Who acts:** I, man, Morien · **What happens:** see, befall, not turn, find, give, depart · **To what, where:** father, me, goal, man, life, vow

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This is a sentence of «Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch» by Jessie L. Weston, Opening, part 9. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, man, Morien), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg8447:9:2
# text = And may I but see my father, an good luck befall me, I turn not from that goal, e'en if I find the man who gave me life, but ere I depart he shall keep the vow that he sware to my mother when he aforetime parted from her, and left her sorrowing sore, even that he would wed her, and make her his wife.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
12	befall	befall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
13	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	turn	turn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
17	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
18	from	from	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	20	det	_	_
20	goal	goal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
22	e'en	e'en	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	_
23	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
24	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
25	find	find	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	advcl	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obj	_	_
28	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	29	nsubj	_	_
29	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	acl:relcl	_	_
30	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	29	iobj	_	_
31	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
33	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
34	ere	ere	ADV	RB	_	36	advmod	_	_
35	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	36	nsubj	_	_
36	depart	depart	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	conj	_	_
37	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	39	nsubj	_	_
38	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	39	aux	_	_
39	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	36	ccomp	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	vow	vow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obj	_	_
42	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	44	mark	_	_
43	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	44	nsubj	_	_
44	sware	sware	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	appos	_	_
45	to	to	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	47	nmod:poss	_	_
47	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	_
48	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	51	advmod	_	_
49	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	51	nsubj	_	_
50	aforetime	aforetime	ADV	RB	_	51	advmod	_	_
51	parted	part	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	39	advcl	_	_
52	from	from	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
53	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	51	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
55	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	56	cc	_	_
56	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
57	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	56	obj	_	_
58	sorrowing	sorrow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	56	xcomp	_	_
59	sore	sore	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	58	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	65	punct	_	_
61	even	even	ADV	RB	_	65	advmod	_	_
62	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	65	mark	_	_
63	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	65	nsubj	_	_
64	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	65	aux	_	_
65	wed	wed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	58	conj	_	_
66	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	65	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	69	punct	_	_
68	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	69	cc	_	_
69	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
70	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	69	obj	_	_
71	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	72	nmod:poss	_	_
72	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	69	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | may | I | my father and a good luck |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer father=Stimulus |
| 2 | **befall** | infinitive | I *not said here* | me |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **turn** | present | I | that goal and e'en |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent goal=Theme |
| 4 | **find** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | I | the man |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Topic |
| 5 | **give** | past | the man | life | me |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient life=Theme |
| 6 | **depart** | present | I |  |  |  |  | ere *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **keep** | shall | man | the vow |  |  |  | to my mother | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vow=Theme |
| 8 | **sware** |  | man |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 9 | **part** | past | man |  |  |  |  | from Morien; aforetime *property* | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient from she=Co-Patient |
| 10 | **leave** | past | I *not said here* | Morien |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 11 | **sorrow** | gerund | Morien *not said here* |  |  |  |  | sore *property* | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 12 | **wed** | would | man | Morien |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |
| 13 | **make** | infinitive | I *not said here* | man's wife | Morien |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset she=Beneficiary wife=Product |

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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.

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**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.

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