--- title: Now I pray ye by all who own the laws of knighthood, and by Sir Gawa… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Now I pray ye by all who own the laws of knighthood, and by Sir Gawain afore all, since he is reckoned the best, he and Sir Lancelot, wherever it may be, in whatever need, far and wide throughout the world, of all men are these twain most praised (I myself know naught save that which I have heard te --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/3/17/) [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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/3/) / 17 # Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 3, sentence 17 Now I pray ye by all who own the laws of knighthood, and by Sir Gawain afore all, since he is reckoned the best, he and Sir Lancelot, wherever it may be, in whatever need, far and wide throughout the world, of all men are these twain most praised (I myself know naught save that which I have heard tell), know ye aught of Sir Agloval, brother to Sir Perceval of Wales? **Who acts:** I · **What happens:** pray, own, reckon, need, praise, know · **To what, where:** laws, Gawain, whatever, these, naught, heard tell This is a sentence of «Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch» by Jessie L. Weston, Opening, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I), 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:pg8447:3:17 # text = Now I pray ye by all who own the laws of knighthood, and by Sir Gawain afore all, since he is reckoned the best, he and Sir Lancelot, wherever it may be, in whatever need, far and wide throughout the world, of all men are these twain most praised (I myself know naught save that which I have heard tell), know ye aught of Sir Agloval, brother to Sir Perceval of Wales? 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 3 nsubj _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 obl _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 own own VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 laws law NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 knighthood knighthood NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 by by ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod:desc _ _ 17 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 18 afore afore ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 since since SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 reckoned reckon VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod:desc _ _ 31 Lancelot Lancelot PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 wherever wherever ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 whatever whatever DET WDT PronType=Int 40 obl _ _ 40 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 24 advmod _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 conj _ _ 45 throughout throughout ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 51 det _ _ 51 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 obl _ _ 52 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 aux:pass _ _ 53 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 56 nsubj:pass _ _ 54 twain twain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 nsubj:pass _ _ 55 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 56 advmod _ _ 56 praised praise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 advcl _ _ 57 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 59 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 60 nsubj _ _ 60 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 parataxis _ _ 61 naught naught PRON NN PronType=Neg 60 obj _ _ 62 save save ADP IN _ 68 mark _ _ 63 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 68 det _ _ 64 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 67 nsubj:pass _ _ 65 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 67 nsubj _ _ 66 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 67 aux _ _ 67 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 68 amod _ _ 68 tell tell NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 69 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 71 know know VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 72 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 73 compound _ _ 73 aught aught PRON NN PronType=Ind 71 obj _ _ 74 of of ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 75 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 76 nmod:desc _ _ 76 Agloval Agloval PROPN NNP Number=Sing 73 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 77 , , PUNCT , _ 78 punct _ _ 78 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 conj _ _ 79 to to ADP IN _ 81 case _ _ 80 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 81 nmod:desc _ _ 81 Perceval Perceval PROPN NNP Number=Sing 78 nmod _ _ 82 of of ADP IN _ 83 case _ _ 83 Wales Wales PROPN NNP Number=Sing 81 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 84 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pray** | present | I | | | | now | by all; by Gawain Sir afore all; ye *nsubj* | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **own** | present | | the laws of knighthood | | | | who *nsubj* | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot law=Theme | | 3 | **reckon** | present · passive | | Gawain | | | | Lancelot Gawain Sir *obl*; far *property* | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme good=Attribute | | 4 | **need** | present | | | | whatever | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 5 | **praise** | present · passive | | these | | | | of all men | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **know** | present | I | naught | | | | myself *nsubj*; that heard tell *ccomp* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer naught=Stimulus | | 7 | **hear** | present · perfect · passive | | that heard tell | | | | I *nsubj* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | | 8 | **know** | infinitive | I *not said here* | aught of Agloval Sir brother to Perceval Sir of Wales | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer aught=Stimulus | 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/3/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/3/18/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/3/)