--- title: But Sir Gawain, who was there within, and knew well that he was guil… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: But Sir Gawain, who was there within, and knew well that he was guilty, saw that he might scarce escape either by will or by valour, since he had laid aside his weapons and stood all unarmed in his robes; thereof was he grieved at heart. Who acts: Gawain. 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Weston, Opening, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Gawain), 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:pg8447:5:105 # text = But Sir Gawain, who was there within, and knew well that he was guilty, saw that he might scarce escape either by will or by valour, since he had laid aside his weapons and stood all unarmed in his robes; thereof was he grieved at heart. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 2 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:desc _ _ 3 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 8 within within ADP IN _ 7 case _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 12 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 11 advmod _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 guilty guilty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 18 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 scarce scarce ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 escape escape NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 ccomp _ _ 24 either either ADV RB PronType=Ind 18 advmod _ _ 25 by by ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 ccomp _ _ 27 or or CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 by by ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 valour valour NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 since since SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 laid lay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 parataxis _ _ 35 aside aside ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 weapons weapon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 40 all all ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 unarmed unarm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 advcl _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 robes robe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 46 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 47 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux:pass _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 grieved grieve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 conj _ _ 50 at at ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Gawain Sir | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **know** | past | Gawain Sir *not said here* | | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** | past | Gawain | | | | | guilty *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **see** | past | Gawain Sir | | | | | either *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **escape** | might | Gawain | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **lay** | past · perfect | Gawain | | | | | aside Gawain's weapons | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **stand** | past | Gawain *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **unarm** | participle | Gawain *not said here* | | | Gawain's robes | | all *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **grieve** | past · passive | | Gawain | | heart | | thereof *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | 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 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/5/104/) - next →: [sentence 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/5/106/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/5/)