--- title: I conjure ye by the faith that ye owe to our Lady, and by the honour… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: I conjure ye by the faith that ye owe to our Lady, and by the honour of knighthood, that ye do my bidding, and let your thoughts be of good, and not of evil, and hearken Sir Gawain's rede, thereof shall never harm befall ye--he shall give ye the best counsel." Who acts: I, ye, that, thoughts. 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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, ye, that, thoughts), 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:pg8447:9:7 # text = I conjure ye by the faith that ye owe to our Lady, and by the honour of knighthood, that ye do my bidding, and let your thoughts be of good, and not of evil, and hearken Sir Gawain's rede, thereof shall never harm befall ye--he shall give ye the best counsel." 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 conjure conjure VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 2 obj _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 faith faith NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 obj _ _ 8 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 9 nsubj _ _ 9 owe owe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 Lady Lady PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 15 by by ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 knighthood knighthood NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 21 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 nsubj _ _ 22 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 nsubj _ _ 23 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 24 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 bidding bidding NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 29 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 thoughts thought NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 cop _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 33 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 hearken hearken VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 42 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod:desc _ _ 43 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 44 's 's PART POS _ 43 case _ _ 45 rede rede NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 48 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 49 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 50 advmod _ _ 50 harm harm VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 51 befall befall VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 conj _ _ 52 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 51 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 -- -- PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 55 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 56 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 57 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 56 iobj _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 59 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 60 amod _ _ 60 counsel counsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **conjure** | present | I | ye | | | | by the faith | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ye=Result | | 2 | **owe** | present | ye | the faith | our Lady | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent that=Theme to lady=Goal | | 3 | **do** | infinitive | that | my bidding | | | | by the honour of knighthood; ye *nsubj* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bidding=Eventuality | | 4 | **let** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **is** | infinitive | your thoughts | | | | | of good evil | tree rules | | 6 | **hearken** | infinitive | I *not said here* | Gawain Sir's rede | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **harm** | shall | I *not said here* | | | | | thereof *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **befall** | present | ye | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **give** | shall | Sir | the best counsel | ye | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent ye=Recipient counsel=Theme | | 10 | **honour** | | | knighthood | | | | | nom honour «state transitive»: of=patient | | 11 | **bid** | | my | | | | | | nom bidding «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **think** | | your | | | | | | nom thought «cognition transitive»: 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/9/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/9/8/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/9/)