--- title: Sir Gawain drew on one side, since the twain would fight, and though… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Sir Gawain drew on one side, since the twain would fight, and thought in himself, as was right and courteous, that it were folly, and the custom of no good knight, for twain to fall on one man, since life stood not at stake. ' Who acts: Sir, twain, life. 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' **Who acts:** Sir, twain, life · **What happens:** draw, fight, think, be, fall, not stand · **To what, where:** one side, stake This is a sentence of «Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch» by Jessie L. 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 (Sir, twain, life), 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:pg8447:2:84 # text = Sir Gawain drew on one side, since the twain would fight, and thought in himself, as was right and courteous, that it were folly, and the custom of no good knight, for twain to fall on one man, since life stood not at stake. ' 1 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 since since SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 twain twain NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 11 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 thought think VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 as as SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 21 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 conj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 courteous courteous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 28 folly folly ADV RB _ 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 custom custom NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 appos _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 36 det _ _ 35 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 twain twain NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 acl _ _ 42 on on ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 44 nummod _ _ 44 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 since since SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 47 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 48 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 49 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 48 advmod _ _ 50 at at ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 stake stake NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ 53 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **draw** | past | Sir | | | one side | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on side=Destination | | 2 | **fight** | would | the twain | | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | participle | the twain *not said here* | | | | | in Sir | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | the twain *not said here* | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **be** | | the twain *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | past | twain | | | | | the custom of no good knight and twain *appos*; folly *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **fall** | to-infinitive | twain *not said here* | | | | | on one man | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on man=Location | | 8 | **not** **stand** | past | life | | | stake | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at stake=Location | 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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