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title: Sir Gawain thought within himself he was sorely over-matched within… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics
description: Sir Gawain thought within himself he was sorely over-matched within those (to be bare of weapons 'tis a heavy blow at need), and he knew well that the folk looked on him with unfriendly eyes, and that none were on his side, that might be seen from their mien; and therefore he thought within himself 
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# Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 6, sentence 22

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Sir Gawain thought within himself he was sorely over-matched within those (to be bare of weapons 'tis a heavy blow at need), and he knew well that the folk looked on him with unfriendly eyes, and that none were on his side, that might be seen from their mien; and therefore he thought within himself that there was no better counsel save to put himself in his host's grace, and do that which he bade him.

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**Who acts:** Sir, folk, none, better counsel, that · **What happens:** think, over-match, be, know, look, see · **To what, where:** Sir, side, that, mien, folk, grace · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch» by Jessie L. 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 (Sir, folk, none, better counsel), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg8447:6:22
# text = Sir Gawain thought within himself he was sorely over-matched within those (to be bare of weapons 'tis a heavy blow at need), and he knew well that the folk looked on him with unfriendly eyes, and that none were on his side, that might be seen from their mien; and therefore he thought within himself that there was no better counsel save to put himself in his host's grace, and do that which he bade him.
1	Sir	Sir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	Gawain	Gawain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	within	within	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	obl	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
8	sorely	sorely	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	over-matched	over-match	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	ccomp	_	_
10	within	within	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	9	obl	_	_
12	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
14	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	cop	_	_
15	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	weapons	weapon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nmod:poss	_	_
18	'	's	PART	POS	_	17	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	tis	tis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	blow	blow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	appos	_	_
23	at	at	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	need	need	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
28	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
29	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
30	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	29	advmod	_	_
31	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	34	mark	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	folk	folk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nsubj	_	_
34	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	advcl	_	_
35	on	on	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	obl	_	_
37	with	with	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	unfriendly	unfriendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
42	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	47	mark	_	_
43	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	47	nsubj	_	_
44	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	47	cop	_	_
45	on	on	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	47	nmod:poss	_	_
47	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
49	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	52	nsubj	_	_
50	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	52	aux	_	_
51	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	52	aux:pass	_	_
52	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
53	from	from	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
54	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	55	nmod:poss	_	_
55	mien	mien	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	60	punct	_	_
57	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	60	cc	_	_
58	therefore	therefore	ADV	RB	_	60	advmod	_	_
59	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	60	nsubj	_	_
60	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	69	advcl	_	_
61	within	within	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
62	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	60	obl	_	_
63	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	65	mark	_	_
64	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	65	expl	_	_
65	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	69	cop	_	_
66	no	no	ADV	RB	_	67	advmod	_	_
67	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	68	amod	_	_
68	counsel	counsel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	69	nsubj	_	_
69	save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
70	to	to	PART	TO	_	71	mark	_	_
71	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	69	xcomp	_	_
72	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	71	obj	_	_
73	in	in	ADP	IN	_	77	case	_	_
74	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	75	nmod:poss	_	_
75	host	host	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	77	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
76	's	's	PART	POS	_	75	case	_	_
77	grace	grace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	71	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
78	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	80	punct	_	_
79	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	80	cc	_	_
80	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	69	conj	_	_
81	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	84	nsubj	_	_
82	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	84	nsubj	_	_
83	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	84	nsubj	_	_
84	bade	bade	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	80	ccomp	_	_
85	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	84	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
86	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Sir |  |  |  |  | within Sir | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **over-match** | past · passive |  | Sir |  |  |  | within those; sorely *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | of weapons's tis; bare *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **know** | past | Sir |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 5 | **look** | past | the folk |  |  |  |  | on Sir; with unfriendly eyes | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on he=Theme |
| 6 | **is** | past | none |  |  | Sir's side |  | Sir *nmod:poss* | tree rules |
| 7 | **see** | might · passive |  | that |  | eyes's mien |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
| 8 | **think** *speech: other* | past | folk |  |  |  |  | within Sir; therefore *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **is** | past | better counsel |  |  |  |  | save *property* | tree rules |
| 10 | **put** | to-infinitive | better counsel *not said here* | folk |  | Sir's host's grace |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent himself=Theme in grace=Destination |
| 11 | **do** | infinitive | better counsel *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 12 | **bade** | past | that | folk |  |  |  | which *nsubj* | tree rules |

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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.

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**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.

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