--- title: Then my lord, Sir Gawain, who did full many a courtesy (for such was… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Then my lord, Sir Gawain, who did full many a courtesy (for such was his wont all his life long), so soon as he saw the knight, sprang up with no delay, and lifted him from the saddle and set him upon the ground, but he might neither sit, nor walk, nor so much as stand upon his feet, but fell upon t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/1/84/) [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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/1/) / 84 # Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 1, sentence 84 Then my lord, Sir Gawain, who did full many a courtesy (for such was his wont all his life long), so soon as he saw the knight, sprang up with no delay, and lifted him from the saddle and set him upon the ground, but he might neither sit, nor walk, nor so much as stand upon his feet, but fell upon the earth. **Who acts:** lord, full many courtesy, Knight · **What happens:** do, be, see, spring up, lift, set · **To what, where:** wont life, knight, saddle, ground, earth This is a sentence of «Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch» by Jessie L. Weston, Opening, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (lord, full many courtesy, Knight), 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:pg8447:1:85 # text = Then my lord, Sir Gawain, who did full many a courtesy (for such was his wont all his life long), so soon as he saw the knight, sprang up with no delay, and lifted him from the saddle and set him upon the ground, but he might neither sit, nor walk, nor so much as stand upon his feet, but fell upon the earth. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 2 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 6 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 11 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 courtesy courtesy NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 14 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 19 wont wont ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 20 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 22 det:predet _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 23 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 30 advmod _ _ 28 as as SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 sprang spring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 35 up up ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 38 det _ _ 38 delay delay NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 from from ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 saddle saddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 upon upon ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 53 but but CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 54 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 55 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 56 neither neither ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 57 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 59 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 60 cc _ _ 60 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 62 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 64 cc _ _ 63 so so ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ _ 64 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 conj _ _ 65 as as ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 stand stand NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 nmod _ _ 67 upon upon ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 69 nmod:poss _ _ 69 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 71 but but CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ _ 72 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 73 upon upon ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 74 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 75 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 76 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | my lord | | | | then | who *nsubj* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | a full many courtesy | Knight's wont life | | | | Knight *nmod:poss*; long *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **see** | past | Knight | the knight | | | | soon *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer knight=Stimulus | | 4 | **spring up** | past | Knight *not said here* | | | | | with no delay | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **lift** | past | my lord *not said here* | Knight | | the saddle | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme from saddle=Destination | | 6 | **set** | infinitive | my lord *not said here* | Knight | | the ground | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme upon ground=Destination | | 7 | **sit** | might | Knight | | | | | neither *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **walk** | infinitive | Knight *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **fall** | past | my lord *not said here* | | | the earth | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon earth=Location | 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/pg8447/1/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/1/85/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/1/)