--- title: The boatman said: "'Tis not long since that they were even in my boa… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: The boatman said: "'Tis not long since that they were even in my boat; the one knight ware red armour and had with him a red steed, and the other was wounded and bare King Arthur's badge; and I know full well," quoth the boatman, "the knights who bear that badge, by that same token shall ye yourself --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/9/88/) [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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/9/) / 88 # Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 9, sentence 88 The boatman said: "'Tis not long since that they were even in my boat; the one knight ware red armour and had with him a red steed, and the other was wounded and bare King Arthur's badge; and I know full well," quoth the boatman, "the knights who bear that badge, by that same token shall ye yourself be one of King Arthur's knights. **Who acts:** boatman, knights, one knight, other, I, same token · **What happens:** say, be, ware, have, know, quoth · **To what, where:** boat, red armour, red steed, boatman, badge · **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 9. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (boatman, knights, one knight, other), 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:pg8447:9:88 # text = The boatman said: "'Tis not long since that they were even in my boat; the one knight ware red armour and had with him a red steed, and the other was wounded and bare King Arthur's badge; and I know full well," quoth the boatman, "the knights who bear that badge, by that same token shall ye yourself be one of King Arthur's knights. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boatman boatman NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Tis Tis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 17 advmod _ _ 10 since since SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 13 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 14 even even ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nummod _ _ 21 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 ware ware VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 23 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 armour armour NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 steed steed NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 37 wounded wounded ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 parataxis _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 bare bare ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 conj _ _ 40 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 Arthur Arthur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 42 's 's PART POS _ 41 case _ _ 43 badge badge NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ; ; PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 48 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 xcomp _ _ 49 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 47 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 " " PUNCT `` _ 52 punct _ _ 52 quoth quoth VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 47 conj _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 boatman boatman NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 56 " " PUNCT `` _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 knights knight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 appos _ _ 59 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 60 nsubj _ _ 60 bear bear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 58 acl:relcl _ _ 61 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 62 det _ _ 62 badge badge NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 64 by by ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 65 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 67 det _ _ 66 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 amod _ _ 67 token token NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 nsubj _ _ 68 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 72 aux _ _ 69 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 72 nsubj _ _ 70 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 69 nmod _ _ 71 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 72 cop _ _ 72 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 52 obl _ _ 73 of of ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 74 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 75 compound _ _ 75 Arthur Arthur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 77 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 76 's 's PART POS _ 75 case _ _ 77 knights knight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 72 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the boatman | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past | knights *= knight* | | | my boat | | my *nmod:poss*; long *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **ware** *in a quote* | infinitive | the one knight | red armour | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **have** *in a quote* | past | the boatman *not said here* | a red steed | | | | with Tis | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent steed=Patient | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | past | the other | | | | | King Arthur's badge *conj*; wounded *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **be** *in a quote* | | the other *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **know** *in a quote* | present | the boatman *= boatman* | | | | | full, well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **quoth** | infinitive | I *not said here* | the boatman | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **bear** *in a quote* | present | the knights | that badge | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent badge=Patient | | 10 | **is** *in a quote* | shall | that same token | | | | | by one; of King Arthur's knights; ye yourself *nsubj* | tree rules | | 11 | **badge** *in a quote* | | King Arthur | | | | | | nom badge «communication 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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/9/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/9/89/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/9/)