--- title: Now there dwelt also therein a traitor, a knight who loved the maide… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Now there dwelt also therein a traitor, a knight who loved the maiden, but had little mind to risk his life for her; he kept close watch upon that beast if so be that any man should slay it that he might play the traitor, so should the slayer pay with his life for the deed, and he should spread abro --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/10/93/) [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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/10/) / 93 # Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 10, sentence 93 Now there dwelt also therein a traitor, a knight who loved the maiden, but had little mind to risk his life for her; he kept close watch upon that beast if so be that any man should slay it that he might play the traitor, so should the slayer pay with his life for the deed, and he should spread abroad that he himself had, of a verity, slain the monster. **Who acts:** knight, man · **What happens:** dwell, love, have, risk, keep, slay · **To what, where:** traitor, maiden, little mind, life, close watch, beast This is a sentence of «Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch» by Jessie L. Weston, Opening, part 10. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (knight, man), 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:pg8447:10:93 # text = Now there dwelt also therein a traitor, a knight who loved the maiden, but had little mind to risk his life for her; he kept close watch upon that beast if so be that any man should slay it that he might play the traitor, so should the slayer pay with his life for the deed, and he should spread abroad that he himself had, of a verity, slain the monster. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 dwelt dwell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 also also ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 therein therein ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 traitor traitor NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 maiden maiden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 18 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 risk risk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 acl _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 29 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 watch watch NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 upon upon ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 det _ _ 33 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 34 if if SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 35 so so ADV RB _ 76 advcl _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 76 cop _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 39 det _ _ 39 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 40 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 slay slay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 76 advcl _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 76 advcl _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 traitor traitor NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 50 so so ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 51 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 slayer slayer NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 compound _ _ 54 pay pay NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 parataxis _ _ 55 with with ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ _ 58 for for ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 deed deed NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 63 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 64 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 65 aux _ _ 65 spread spread VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 conj _ _ 66 abroad abroad ADV RB _ 65 advmod _ _ 67 that that SCONJ IN _ 70 mark _ _ 68 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 70 nsubj _ _ 69 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 68 nmod:unmarked _ _ 70 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 72 of of ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 verity verity NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 75 , , PUNCT , _ 76 punct _ _ 76 slain slain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 28 parataxis _ _ 77 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 78 det _ _ 78 monster monster NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 79 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dwell** | participle | | a traitor | | there | now | therein *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme traitor=Location | | 2 | **love** | past | a knight | the maiden | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **have** | past | | little mind | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient | | 4 | **risk** | to-infinitive | | Knight's life | | | | for sware | vn risk-94-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Pivot | | 5 | **keep** | past | Knight | close watch | | that beast | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent watch=Theme upon beast=Location | | 6 | **slay** | should | any man | watch | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 7 | **play** | might | Knight | the traitor | | | | the slayer pay with Knight's life for the deed *parataxis* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent traitor=Theme | | 8 | **spread** | should | Knight | | | | | abroad *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **have** | past | Knight | a verity | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent verity=Patient | | 10 | **is** | infinitive | | | | | | the monster *obj*; slain *property* | tree rules | 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 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/10/92/) - next →: [Opening, part 11, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/11/1/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/10/)