--- title: Thus did Sir Gawain and Sir Lancelot admonish them, even as I tell y… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Thus did Sir Gawain and Sir Lancelot admonish them, even as I tell ye, and when they had hearkened to their words those who were within, and had thought to depart, when they knew what was the mind of those knights, sware that never a knight nor squire, nor man-at-arms would give himself up, or forsa --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/11/69/) [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/) / 69 # Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 11, sentence 69 Thus did Sir Gawain and Sir Lancelot admonish them, even as I tell ye, and when they had hearkened to their words those who were within, and had thought to depart, when they knew what was the mind of those knights, sware that never a knight nor squire, nor man-at-arms would give himself up, or forsake that good castle. **Who acts:** Gawain, I, matters, mind, that, man · **What happens:** do, admonish, tell, hearken, think, depart · **To what, where:** matters, ye, man, good castle, knights · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (Gawain, I, matters, mind), 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:pg8447:11:69 # text = Thus did Sir Gawain and Sir Lancelot admonish them, even as I tell ye, and when they had hearkened to their words those who were within, and had thought to depart, when they knew what was the mind of those knights, sware that never a knight nor squire, nor man-at-arms would give himself up, or forsake that good castle. 1 Thus thus ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:desc _ _ 4 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:desc _ _ 7 Lancelot Lancelot PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 8 admonish admonish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 even even ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 15 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 hearkened hearken VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 ccomp _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 25 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 24 nmod _ _ 26 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 27 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 28 within within ADP IN _ 25 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 thought think VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 conj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 depart depart VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 38 advmod _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 39 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 38 ccomp _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 45 det _ _ 45 knights knight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 sware sware NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 conj _ _ 48 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 51 nsubj _ _ 49 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 51 advmod _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 appos _ _ 52 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 53 cc _ _ 53 squire squire NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 55 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 62 cc _ _ 56 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 at at ADP IN _ 60 case _ SpaceAfter=No 59 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 conj _ _ 61 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 62 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 63 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 62 iobj _ _ 64 up up ADP RP _ 62 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 66 or or CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 67 forsake forsake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 62 conj _ _ 68 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 70 det _ _ 69 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 amod _ _ 70 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | thus *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **admonish** | present | Gawain Sir and Lancelot Sir | matters *= matter* | | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | I | | ye | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent ye=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **hearken** | past · perfect | matters *= matter* | | | | | to matters's words those | tree rules | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past · perfect | matters *= matter* *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **depart** | to-infinitive | matters *= matter* *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **know** | past | matters *= matter* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **is a** | past | the mind of that knights and sware | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **not** **knight** | | that | | | | | squire *conj* | tree rules | | 10 | **give up** | would | man and arms | | man | | | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Source | | 11 | **forsake** | infinitive | man and arms *not said here* | that good castle | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **word** | | matters *= matter* | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 13 | **mind** | | | that knights and sware | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: of=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. 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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/11/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/11/70/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/11/)