--- title: When Sir Gawain had parted the twain, whom he saw to be weary enow,… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: When Sir Gawain had parted the twain, whom he saw to be weary enow, he spake to the Moor: "'Tis an ill custom this to which ye are given; ye shall here renounce it. Who acts: Sir, Tis, ye. A sentence of «Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch» by Jessie L. 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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 (Sir, Tis, ye), 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:pg8447:3:2 # text = When Sir Gawain had parted the twain, whom he saw to be weary enow, he spake to the Moor: "'Tis an ill custom this to which ye are given; ye shall here renounce it. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 parted part VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 twain twain NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 obj _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 cop _ _ 14 weary weary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 enow enow NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 spake speak NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 appos _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Moor moor NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 23 " " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 Tis Tis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 26 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 custom custom NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 parataxis _ _ 29 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 nsubj _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 mark _ _ 32 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 36 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 39 nsubj _ _ 37 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 39 advmod _ _ 39 renounce renounce VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **part** | past · perfect · passive | | Sir | | | | the twain *obj* | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | past | Sir | the twain | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer whom=Stimulus | | 3 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | weary enow | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | | Sir | | | | | to the Moor | tree rules | | 5 | **custom** *in a quote* | | Tis | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **give** *in a quote* | present · passive | | ye | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **renounce** *in a quote* | shall | ye | enow | | here | | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Source | 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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