--- title: Sir Gawain, who forgat not the wounded knight and his need of healin… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Sir Gawain, who forgat not the wounded knight and his need of healing, went to him as he lay, and bound up his wounds, and so tended him at that time that he was healed ere long--needs must he be healed, even against his will, on whom Sir Gawain laid hands. Who acts: Gawain, Sir. 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Weston, Opening, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Gawain, Sir), 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:pg8447:2:66 # text = Sir Gawain, who forgat not the wounded knight and his need of healing, went to him as he lay, and bound up his wounds, and so tended him at that time that he was healed ere long--needs must he be healed, even against his will, on whom Sir Gawain laid hands. 1 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod:desc _ _ 2 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 forgat forgat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 wounded wounded ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 need need NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 healing healing NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 16 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ _ 19 as as SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 bound bind VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 ccomp _ _ 25 up up ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 wounds wound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 so so ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 tended tend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 det _ _ 35 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 healed heal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 advcl _ _ 40 ere ere ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 -- -- PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 44 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 aux:pass _ _ 47 healed heal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 43 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 even even ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 50 against against ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 on on ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 43 parataxis _ _ 56 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ _ 57 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 flat _ _ 58 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 acl:relcl _ _ 59 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forgat** | | Gawain Sir | the wounded knight and Sir's need of healing | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | past | Gawain Sir | | Sir | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **lie** | past | Sir | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **bind up** | participle | Sir *not said here* | Sir's wounds | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wound=Patient | | 5 | **tend** | past | Gawain Sir *not said here* | Sir | | | time | | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 6 | **heal** | past · passive | | Sir | | | | long *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 7 | **need** | present | | | | | | whom *parataxis* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 8 | **heal** *not said to happen* | must · passive | | Sir | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 9 | **lay** | past | Sir | hands | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Result | | 10 | **need** | | Sir | healing | | | | | nom need «state transitive»: poss=agent of=patient | | 11 | **wound** | | Sir | | | | | | nom wound «state transitive»: 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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/2/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/2/67/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/2/)