--- title: But in this while had Sir Gawain ridden so far that he had learned t… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: But in this while had Sir Gawain ridden so far that he had learned the truth how that Sir Lancelot had found the beast, and at this time he had followed upon his tracks and came unto the lair even as the traitor had wounded Sir Lancelot, and cut off the foot, and was mounted upon Sir Lancelot's stee --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/11/13/) [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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/11/) / 13 # Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 11, sentence 13 But in this while had Sir Gawain ridden so far that he had learned the truth how that Sir Lancelot had found the beast, and at this time he had followed upon his tracks and came unto the lair even as the traitor had wounded Sir Lancelot, and cut off the foot, and was mounted upon Sir Lancelot's steed, which that good knight, Sir Gawain, knew right well. **Who acts:** Sir, steed · **What happens:** ride, learn, find, follow, come, wound · **To what, where:** truth, that, Lancelot, tracks, traitor, foot This is a sentence of «Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch» by Jessie L. Weston, Opening, part 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Sir, steed), 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:pg8447:11:13 # text = But in this while had Sir Gawain ridden so far that he had learned the truth how that Sir Lancelot had found the beast, and at this time he had followed upon his tracks and came unto the lair even as the traitor had wounded Sir Lancelot, and cut off the foot, and was mounted upon Sir Lancelot's steed, which that good knight, Sir Gawain, knew right well. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 in in SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 6 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 flat _ _ 8 ridden ride VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 learned learn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ _ 18 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod:desc _ _ 20 Lancelot Lancelot PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 advcl _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 27 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 det _ _ 29 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 followed follow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 conj _ _ 33 upon upon ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 tracks track NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 38 unto unto ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 lair lair NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 even even ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 42 as as SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 traitor traitor NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj:pass _ _ 45 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 wounded wound VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 advcl _ _ 47 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nmod:desc _ _ 48 Lancelot Lancelot PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 conj _ _ 52 off off ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 57 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 aux:pass _ _ 58 mounted mount VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 59 upon upon ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 60 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 61 nmod:desc _ _ 61 Lancelot Lancelot PROPN NNP Number=Sing 63 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 62 's 's PART POS _ 61 case _ _ 63 steed steed NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 65 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 68 nsubj _ _ 66 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 68 det _ _ 67 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 amod _ _ 68 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 70 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 68 appos _ _ 71 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 70 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 73 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 conj _ _ 74 right right ADV RB _ 75 advmod _ _ 75 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 73 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 76 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride** | past · perfect | | | | | | far *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **learn** | past · perfect | Sir | the truth | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent truth=Topic | | 3 | **find** | past · perfect · passive | | that | | | | Lancelot Sir *nsubj:pass*; the beast *obj* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme beast=Attribute | | 4 | **follow** | past · perfect · passive | | Lancelot | | Sir's tracks | time | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme upon track=Trajectory | | 5 | **come** | past | Sir *not said here* | | | | | unto the lair | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **wound** | past · perfect · passive | | the traitor | | | | Lancelot Sir *obj* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer lancelot=Result | | 7 | **cut off** | participle | Sir *not said here* | the foot | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector foot=Eventuality | | 8 | **mount** | past · passive | | | | Lancelot Sir's steed | | | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: upon steed=Destination | | 9 | **knight** | | Lancelot Sir's steed | | | | | Sir *appos* | tree rules | | 10 | **know** | past | | | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/11/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/11/14/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/11/)