--- title: There was among them no sword so good but had Sir Gawain held it, an… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: There was among them no sword so good but had Sir Gawain held it, and smote with it three such blows as he was oft wont to deal with his own, it had broken, or bent, and profited them no whit. Who acts: sword, Gawain. 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Weston, Opening, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sword, 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:pg8447:6:101 # text = There was among them no sword so good but had Sir Gawain held it, and smote with it three such blows as he was oft wont to deal with his own, it had broken, or bent, and profited them no whit. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 3 among among ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 6 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 11 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod:desc _ _ 12 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 smote smote VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ _ 20 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 21 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 blows blow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 23 as as ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 26 oft oft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 wont wont NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 deal deal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 acl _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 or or CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 bent bent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 profited profit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 43 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 45 det _ _ 45 whit whit NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | no sword | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | past | no sword *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **hold** | past | Gawain Sir | sword | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 4 | **smote** | infinitive | no sword *not said here* | three such blows | | | | with sword | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | past | Gawain | | | | | as oft wont | tree rules | | 6 | **deal** | to-infinitive | no sword *not said here* | | | | | with Gawain's own | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with own=Theme | | 7 | **break** | past · perfect · passive | | sword | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 8 | **profit** | past | | hounds *= hound* | | | | no whit *obj* | 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. 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