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title: Then was Sir Gawain glad at heart, and he bound up his wounds forthw… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics
description: Then was Sir Gawain glad at heart, and he bound up his wounds forthwith with herbs of such virtue as should stay the bleeding; and he took Sir Lancelot and set him upon his steed, and turned him again towards the hermit's cell as best he might, for 'twas in both their minds that might they but come 
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# Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 11, sentence 24

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Then was Sir Gawain glad at heart, and he bound up his wounds forthwith with herbs of such virtue as should stay the bleeding; and he took Sir Lancelot and set him upon his steed, and turned him again towards the hermit's cell as best he might, for 'twas in both their minds that might they but come thither Sir Gawain should surely heal him.

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**Who acts:** traitor, that, Sir, twas · **What happens:** be, bind up, stay, take, set, turn · **To what, where:** heart, wounds, bleeding, Lancelot, traitor, steed

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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 (traitor, that, Sir, twas), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg8447:11:24
# text = Then was Sir Gawain glad at heart, and he bound up his wounds forthwith with herbs of such virtue as should stay the bleeding; and he took Sir Lancelot and set him upon his steed, and turned him again towards the hermit's cell as best he might, for 'twas in both their minds that might they but come thither Sir Gawain should surely heal him.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	Sir	Sir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
4	Gawain	Gawain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
5	glad	glad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	bound	bind	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
12	up	up	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	wounds	wound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
15	forthwith	forthwith	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	herbs	herb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	virtue	virtue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
21	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
22	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
23	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	advcl	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	bleeding	bleeding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	29	punct	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
28	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
29	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
30	Sir	Sir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	nmod:desc	_	_
31	Lancelot	Lancelot	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	obj	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
33	set	set	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	29	conj	_	_
34	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	obj	_	_
35	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	37	nmod:poss	_	_
37	steed	steed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
39	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
40	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	conj	_	_
41	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	40	obj	_	_
42	again	again	ADV	RB	_	40	advmod	_	_
43	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	hermit	hermit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	's	's	PART	POS	_	45	case	_	_
47	cell	cell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obl	_	_
48	as	as	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
49	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	40	obl	_	_
50	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	51	nsubj	_	_
51	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	49	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
53	for	for	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
54	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	55	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	twas	twa	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	obl	_	_
56	in	in	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
57	both	both	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	59	det:predet	_	_
58	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	59	nmod:poss	_	_
59	minds	mind	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	55	appos	_	_
60	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	64	nsubj	_	_
61	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	64	aux	_	_
62	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	64	nsubj	_	_
63	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	64	cc	_	_
64	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	59	parataxis	_	_
65	thither	thither	ADV	RB	_	64	advmod	_	_
66	Sir	Sir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	70	nsubj	_	_
67	Gawain	Gawain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	66	flat	_	_
68	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	70	aux	_	_
69	surely	surely	ADV	RB	_	70	advmod	_	_
70	heal	heal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	64	parataxis	_	_
71	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	70	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  | heart | then | glad *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **bind up** | past | traitor | traitor's wounds |  |  |  | with herbs of such virtue; forthwith *property* | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent wound=Patient with herb=Co-Patient |
| 3 | **stay** | should | traitor *not said here* | the bleeding |  |  |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme bleeding=Location |
| 4 | **take** | past | traitor |  | Lancelot  Sir |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument lancelot=Destination |
| 5 | **set** | infinitive | traitor *not said here* | traitor |  | traitor's steed |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme upon steed=Destination |
| 6 | **turn** | past | traitor *not said here* | traitor |  | the hermit's cell | again | as best; for twas | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent he=Theme towards cell=Trajectory |
| 7 | **come** | might | that |  |  |  |  | twas *= twa* *nsubj*; thither *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 8 | **heal** | should | Sir | traitor |  |  |  | surely *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 9 | **wound** |  | traitor |  |  |  |  |  | nom wound «state transitive»: poss=agent |
| 10 | **mind** |  | twas *= twa* |  |  |  |  |  | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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