--- title: Sir Gawain hearkened, and smiled at the black knight's speech, and s… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Sir Gawain hearkened, and smiled at the black knight's speech, and spake soothfastly: "Now tell me what ye will of Sir Agloval that ye thus seek him, and thereafter will I tell ye that which I know." Who acts: Sir, ye, black knight. 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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, ye, black knight), 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:pg8447:3:21 # text = Sir Gawain hearkened, and smiled at the black knight's speech, and spake soothfastly: "Now tell me what ye will of Sir Agloval that ye thus seek him, and thereafter will I tell ye that which I know." 1 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 hearkened hearken VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 smiled smile VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 speech speech NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 spake speak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 16 soothfastly soothfastly ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 18 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 20 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 21 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 iobj _ _ 22 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 31 obj _ _ 23 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 nsubj _ _ 24 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod:desc _ _ 27 Agloval Agloval PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 28 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 29 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 nsubj _ _ 30 thus thus ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 35 thereafter thereafter ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 36 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 39 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 iobj _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 obj _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 " " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hearken** | past | Sir | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **smile** | past | Sir *not said here* | | | the black knight's speech | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | | | ye | | now | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 4 | **seek** *in a quote* | future | ye | Sir | | | | of Agloval Sir; what *obj*; that *nsubj*; thus *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | future | ye | | ye | | | thereafter *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent ye=Recipient | | 6 | **know** *in a quote* | present | ye | | | | | which *obj* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus | | 7 | **speak** | | the black knight | | | | | | nom speech «communication 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. 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