--- title: Then said Sir Gawain: "It liketh me ill that ye sware such an oath,… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Then said Sir Gawain: "It liketh me ill that ye sware such an oath, yet since such is your will, take ye the road that leadeth to the sea (this seemeth to me the best), ride swiftly and spare not, but seek your father. Who acts: Gawain, chance, that, road. 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Weston, Opening, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Gawain, chance, that, road), 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:pg8447:4:61 # text = Then said Sir Gawain: "It liketh me ill that ye sware such an oath, yet since such is your will, take ye the road that leadeth to the sea (this seemeth to me the best), ride swiftly and spare not, but seek your father. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:desc _ _ 4 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 liketh like VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 9 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 11 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 12 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 compound _ _ 13 sware sware NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 14 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 16 det:predet _ _ 15 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 oath oath NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 18 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 19 since since ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 25 obl _ _ 21 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 22 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 25 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 26 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 obj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 29 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 30 leadeth lead VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 nsubj _ _ 36 seemeth seem VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 ride ride VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 25 parataxis _ _ 44 swiftly swiftly ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 spare spare VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ _ 47 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 but but CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 51 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Gawain Sir | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **like** *in a quote* | present | chance | Gawain Sir *= gawain* | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot i=Theme | | 3 | **sware** *in a quote* | | that | such oath | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | chance *not said here* | ye | | | since such | the road *obj* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument ye=Theme road=Destination | | 5 | **lead** *in a quote* | present | the road | | | | | to the sea | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to sea=Patient | | 6 | **seem** *in a quote* | present | this | the best | Gawain Sir *= gawain* | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme good=Attribute | | 7 | **ride** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | swiftly *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **not** **spare** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **seek** *in a quote* | infinitive | chance *not said here* | your father | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Theme | 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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/4/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/4/62/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/4/)