--- title: Thus they came together, and Lancelot, who was now recovered from th… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Thus they came together, and Lancelot, who was now recovered from the swoon in which he had lain, and was ware of Sir Gawain, cried to him concerning the traitor who had smitten him all unarmed, "Dear comrade, slay him. Who acts: knights, Sir, traitor. 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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 (knights, Sir, traitor), 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:pg8447:11:17 # text = Thus they came together, and Lancelot, who was now recovered from the swoon in which he had lain, and was ware of Sir Gawain, cried to him concerning the traitor who had smitten him all unarmed, "Dear comrade, slay him. 1 Thus thus ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 together together ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 Lancelot Lancelot PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 11 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ _ 12 recovered recover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl:relcl _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 swoon swoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 obl _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 lain lie VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 24 ware ware NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 27 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ _ 32 concerning concern VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 traitor traitor NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 36 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 smitten smite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 acl:relcl _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 44 advmod _ _ 40 unarmed unarmed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 42 " " PUNCT `` _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 Dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 comrade comrade NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 slay slay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 47 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come together** | past | knights *= knight* | Lancelot | | | | thus, together *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **recover** | past · passive | | Lancelot | | the swoon | now | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from swoon=Source | | 3 | **lie** | past · perfect | Sir | | | the swoon | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in which=Location | | 4 | **is a** | past | | ware | | | | of Sir | tree rules | | 5 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | | | Sir | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 6 | **concern** | gerund | | the traitor | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus traitor=Experiencer | | 7 | **smite** | past · perfect | the traitor | Sir | | | | unarmed Dear comrade *obl* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 8 | **slay** *in a quote* | infinitive | | Sir | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | 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. 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