--- title: But Sir Lancelot had great lust either to win the fight or to play i… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: But Sir Lancelot had great lust either to win the fight or to play it to a loss, and Sir Gawain, who was well ware of this, prayed him straitly, by the love he bare to him, and to King Arthur his lord, that for their honour he should hold his peace awhile, and let him say his will: "And this I charg --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/3/9/) [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/) / 9 # Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 3, sentence 9 But Sir Lancelot had great lust either to win the fight or to play it to a loss, and Sir Gawain, who was well ware of this, prayed him straitly, by the love he bare to him, and to King Arthur his lord, that for their honour he should hold his peace awhile, and let him say his will: "And this I charge ye, by the faith ye owe to my lady, my uncle's wife." **Who acts:** Lancelot, Gawain, this, ye, ofttimes · **What happens:** have, win, play, be, pray, bear · **To what, where:** great lust, fight, well ware, Lancelot, Sir, peace · **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 (Lancelot, Gawain, this, 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:pg8447:3:9 # text = But Sir Lancelot had great lust either to win the fight or to play it to a loss, and Sir Gawain, who was well ware of this, prayed him straitly, by the love he bare to him, and to King Arthur his lord, that for their honour he should hold his peace awhile, and let him say his will: "And this I charge ye, by the faith ye owe to my lady, my uncle's wife." 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:desc _ _ 3 Lancelot Lancelot PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 lust lust NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 either either ADV RB PronType=Ind 4 advmod _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 fight fight NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 or or CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 21 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod:desc _ _ 22 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 26 well well ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 ware ware NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 appos _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 31 prayed pray VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 straitly straitly ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 by by ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 bare bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 Arthur Arthur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 47 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 50 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 48 appos _ _ 51 for for ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ _ 54 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 55 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 56 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 acl:relcl _ _ 57 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ _ 59 awhile awhile ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 62 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 63 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 obj _ _ 64 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 62 xcomp _ _ 65 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 66 nmod:poss _ _ 66 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 64 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 67 : : PUNCT : _ 72 punct _ _ 68 " " PUNCT `` _ 72 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 69 And and CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ _ 70 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 72 nsubj _ _ 71 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 72 nsubj _ _ 72 charge charge VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 62 parataxis _ _ 73 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 72 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 74 , , PUNCT , _ 79 punct _ _ 75 by by ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 77 faith faith NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 obl _ _ 78 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 79 nsubj _ _ 79 owe owe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 72 conj _ _ 80 to to ADP IN _ 82 case _ _ 81 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 82 nmod:poss _ _ 82 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 83 , , PUNCT , _ 87 punct _ _ 84 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 85 nmod:poss _ _ 85 uncle uncle NOUN NN Number=Sing 87 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 86 's 's PART POS _ 85 case _ _ 87 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 88 . . PUNCT . _ 62 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 89 " " PUNCT '' _ 62 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Lancelot Sir | great lust | | | | Gawain's lord to King Arthur *obl*; either *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lust=Patient | | 2 | **win** | to-infinitive | Lancelot Sir *not said here* | the fight | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fight=Eventuality | | 3 | **play** | to-infinitive | Lancelot Sir *not said here* | fight | | | | to a loss | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 4 | **is a** | past | Gawain Sir | well ware | | | | of this | tree rules | | 5 | **pray** | past | Gawain Sir | Lancelot | | | | straitly *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **bear** | infinitive | Gawain | | Sir | | | by the love | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **hold** | should | Gawain | Gawain's peace | | | | awhile *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peace=Theme | | 8 | **let** | infinitive | | Gawain | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | Gawain *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **charge** *in a quote* | present | this | | ye | | | I *nsubj*; my uncle's wife *parataxis* | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location ye=Theme | | 11 | **owe** *in a quote* | present | ye | | my lady | | | by the faith | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to lady=Goal | | 12 | **honour** | | ofttimes *= ofttime* | | | | | | nom honour «state transitive»: poss=agent | | 13 | **pacify** | | Gawain | | | | | | nom peace «state 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. 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/3/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/3/10/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/3/)