--- title: There would Sir Gawain and Sir Lancelot abide till that the feast wa… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: There would Sir Gawain and Sir Lancelot abide till that the feast was ended; be ye sure that Sir Perceval and Sir Agloval the bridegroom prayed them thus to honour the bridal, and this they did, in right courteous wise. Who acts: Sir, feast, ye, Perceval. 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Weston, Opening, part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Sir, feast, ye, Perceval), 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:pg8447:12:65 # text = There would Sir Gawain and Sir Lancelot abide till that the feast was ended; be ye sure that Sir Perceval and Sir Agloval the bridegroom prayed them thus to honour the bridal, and this they did, in right courteous wise. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 8 expl _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 3 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 flat _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 7 Lancelot Lancelot PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 flat _ _ 8 abide abide VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 till till SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 ended ended ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 cop _ _ 17 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 nsubj _ _ 18 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 advcl _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 20 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod:desc _ _ 21 Perceval Perceval PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 24 Agloval Agloval PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 flat _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 bridegroom bridegroom NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 appos _ _ 27 prayed pray VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 ccomp _ _ 28 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 thus thus ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 honour honour VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 bridal bridal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 38 nsubj _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 42 courteous courteous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **abide** | would | Sir and Sir | | | there | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | the feast | | | | | ended *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | infinitive | ye | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **pray** | past | Perceval Sir and Sir | minstrels *= minstrel* | | | | thus *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **honour** | to-infinitive | Perceval Sir and Sir *not said here* | the bridal | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **do** | past | this | | | | | minstrels *= minstrel* *nsubj* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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. 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