--- title: Then Sir Gawain bethought him that 'twere best they rode within the… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Then Sir Gawain bethought him that 'twere best they rode within the castle which was a fair burg, and strong; and that they should there greet the knights and strangers who might be within, bidding them trust in God that He would bring their matter to a good ending. 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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 (Sir, best, castle, tidings), 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:pg8447:11:58 # text = Then Sir Gawain bethought him that 'twere best they rode within the castle which was a fair burg, and strong; and that they should there greet the knights and strangers who might be within, bidding them trust in God that He would bring their matter to a good ending. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 4 bethought bethink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 twere twere ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 11 nsubj _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 12 within within ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 burg burg NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ _ 29 greet greet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 knights knight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 strangers stranger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 conj _ _ 34 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 35 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 cop _ _ 37 within within ADP IN _ 31 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 bidding bid VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 40 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 trust trust VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 44 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 45 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 ccomp _ _ 48 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 ending ending NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bethink** | past | Sir | Gawain | | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **ride** | past | best | | | | | within the castle; tidings *= tiding* *nsubj* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | past | the castle | a fair burg | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **greet** *speech: greet* | should | tidings *= tiding* | | the knights and strangers | there | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knight=Theme | | 5 | **bid** | gerund | tidings *= tiding* *not said here* | tidings *= tiding* | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **trust** | infinitive | tidings *= tiding* *not said here* | | | | | in God | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **bring** | would | Sir | tidings's matter | | a good ending | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent matter=Theme to ending=Destination | | 8 | **matter** | | tidings *= tiding* | | | | | | nom matter «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/11/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/11/59/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/11/)