--- title: With this were they ware of Sir Gawain, their lord's guest, and all… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: With this were they ware of Sir Gawain, their lord's guest, and all they who were there present said, the one taking up the tale of the other, that forsooth he who had slain the knight was within that hall, as might be seen of men, for the blood had ceased to flow a little after midday, nor had any --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/5/107/) [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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/5/) / 107 # Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 5, sentence 107 With this were they ware of Sir Gawain, their lord's guest, and all they who were there present said, the one taking up the tale of the other, that forsooth he who had slain the knight was within that hall, as might be seen of men, for the blood had ceased to flow a little after midday, nor had any man seen the wounds bleed since. **Who acts:** this, men, present, one, Sir, knight · **What happens:** be, say, take up, slay, see, cease · **To what, where:** tale, blood, little, man · **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 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (this, men, present, one), 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:pg8447:5:107 # text = With this were they ware of Sir Gawain, their lord's guest, and all they who were there present said, the one taking up the tale of the other, that forsooth he who had slain the knight was within that hall, as might be seen of men, for the blood had ceased to flow a little after midday, nor had any man seen the wounds bleed since. 1 With with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 ware ware NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 guest guest NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 conj _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 19 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 conj _ _ 21 present present ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 nsubj _ _ 22 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 26 taking take VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 acl _ _ 27 up up ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 nsubj _ _ 35 forsooth forsooth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 acl:relcl _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 slain slay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 acl:relcl _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 43 within within ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 45 det _ _ 45 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 as as SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 48 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 49 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 50 aux:pass _ _ 50 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 advcl _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 54 for for SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nsubj:pass _ _ 57 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 58 ceased cease VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 50 conj _ _ 59 to to PART TO _ 60 mark _ _ 60 flow flow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 xcomp _ _ 61 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 obj _ _ 63 after after ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 midday midday NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 66 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 67 cc _ _ 67 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 68 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 69 det _ _ 69 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obj _ _ 70 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 69 acl _ _ 71 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 72 wounds wound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 73 nsubj _ _ 73 bleed bleed VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 70 parataxis _ _ 74 since since ADV RB _ 73 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | this | | | | | with ware and men's lord's guest; of Sir; men *= man* *nsubj*; men's lord's guest *conj*; the one *appos* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | men *= man* | | | | | who *nsubj*; there *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | present | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **take up** | gerund | the one *not said here* | the tale of the other | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tale=Theme | | 5 | **slay** | past · perfect | Sir | | | | | who *nsubj* | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | past | the knight | | | | | within that hall | tree rules | | 7 | **see** | might · passive | Sir *not said here* | | | | | of men | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V» | | 8 | **cease** | past · perfect · passive | | the blood | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **flow** | to-infinitive | | a little | | | after midday | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location little=Theme | | 10 | **have** | past | Sir *not said here* | any man | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient | | 11 | **see** | participle | | any man *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 12 | **bleed** | present | the wounds | | | | | since *property* | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | 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 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/5/106/) - next →: [sentence 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/5/108/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/5/)