--- title: Then the monster sprang towards him with gaping jaws, as it were fai… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Then the monster sprang towards him with gaping jaws, as it were fain to swallow him, and Lancelot watched his chance, and thrust his sword into its mouth, and clave the heart in sunder, and the beast gave a cry so terrible that 'twas heard a good two mile off. 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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 (monster, it, Lancelot, beast), 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:pg8447:11:7 # text = Then the monster sprang towards him with gaping jaws, as it were fain to swallow him, and Lancelot watched his chance, and thrust his sword into its mouth, and clave the heart in sunder, and the beast gave a cry so terrible that 'twas heard a good two mile off. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 monster monster NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sprang spring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 towards towards ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 gaping gape VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 amod _ _ 9 jaws jaw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 fain fain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 swallow swallow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 Lancelot Lancelot PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 watched watch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 thrust thrust NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 into into ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 clave clave NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 sunder sunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 43 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 cry cry NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 so so ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 advcl _ _ 48 that that SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 49 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 twas twa NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 nsubj _ _ 51 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 advcl _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 53 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 54 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 55 nummod _ _ 55 mile mile NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 56 off off ADP RP _ 51 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spring** | past | the monster | | | | then | towards Sir; with gaping jaws; the clave heart in sunder *parataxis* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards he=Destination | | 2 | **gape** | gerund | | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | it | | | | | fain *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **swallow** | to-infinitive | | monster | | | | | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 5 | **watch** | past | Lancelot | monster's chance | | beast's mouth | | thrust monster's sword *conj* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chance=Theme | | 6 | **give** | past | the beast | a cry | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cry=Theme | | 7 | **hear off** | past | twas | a good two mile | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer mile=Stimulus | | 8 | **chance** | | monster | | | | | | nom chance «state 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/11/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/11/8/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/11/)