--- title: It pleased him so well when he heard them speak thus of Sir Agloval… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: It pleased him so well when he heard them speak thus of Sir Agloval that he knelt him straightway on the earth; but Sir Gawain raised him up, and told him their tidings, how they were but as messengers, and belonged to the court of King Arthur, which was of high renown, and that they rode at that ti --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/3/52/) [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/) / 52 # Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 3, sentence 52 It pleased him so well when he heard them speak thus of Sir Agloval that he knelt him straightway on the earth; but Sir Gawain raised him up, and told him their tidings, how they were but as messengers, and belonged to the court of King Arthur, which was of high renown, and that they rode at that time seeking Sir Perceval and Sir Agloval, since the king desired them both. " **Who acts:** man, knight, Sir, court, king · **What happens:** hear, speak, kneel, raise up, tell, be · **To what, where:** knight, Agloval, man, tidings, Perceval · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (man, knight, Sir, court), 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:pg8447:3:52 # text = It pleased him so well when he heard them speak thus of Sir Agloval that he knelt him straightway on the earth; but Sir Gawain raised him up, and told him their tidings, how they were but as messengers, and belonged to the court of King Arthur, which was of high renown, and that they rode at that time seeking Sir Perceval and Sir Agloval, since the king desired them both. " 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 thus thus ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod:desc _ _ 14 Agloval Agloval PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 knelt kneel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 straightway straightway NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 26 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 flat _ _ 27 raised raise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 up up ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 parataxis _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 iobj _ _ 34 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 tidings tiding NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 42 advmod _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 39 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 40 but but CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 as as ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 messengers messenger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 belonged belong VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 compound _ _ 51 Arthur Arthur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 53 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 57 nsubj _ _ 54 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 cop _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 renown renown NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 60 that that SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 61 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 62 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 parataxis _ _ 63 at at ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 65 det _ _ 65 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ _ 66 seeking seek VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 62 xcomp _ _ 67 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 68 nmod:desc _ _ 68 Perceval Perceval PROPN NNP Number=Sing 66 obj _ _ 69 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 70 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 68 conj _ _ 71 Agloval Agloval PROPN NNP Number=Sing 70 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 76 punct _ _ 73 since since SCONJ IN _ 76 mark _ _ 74 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 75 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 nsubj _ _ 76 desired desire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 conj _ _ 77 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 76 obj _ _ 78 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 76 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 79 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 80 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | man | knight | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | infinitive | knight *not said here* | | | | | thus *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **kneel** | past | man | Agloval | | | | straightway *obj* | tree rules | | 4 | **raise up** | past | Sir | man | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | | knight's tidings but messengers | man | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient tiding=Topic | | 6 | **is** | past | knight | | | | | as messengers | tree rules | | 7 | **belong** | past | | | | | | to the court of King Arthur and high renown | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **is** | past | the court of King Arthur and high renown | | | | | of high renown | tree rules | | 9 | **ride** | past | knight | | | | time | | tree rules | | 10 | **seek** | gerund | knight *not said here* | Perceval Sir and Sir | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent perceval=Theme | | 11 | **desire** | past | the king | knight | | | | | tree rules | 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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/3/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/3/53/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/3/)