--- title: And the saddle-girths did the traitor so handle that Sir Gawain was… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: And the saddle-girths did the traitor so handle that Sir Gawain was sore grieved there-for ere he had ridden a mile; he would not that it had so chanced for all King Arthur's kingdom--that shall ye hear anon. Who acts: saddle girths, Gawain, ye. 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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 (saddle girths, Gawain, ye), 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:pg8447:6:62 # text = And the saddle-girths did the traitor so handle that Sir Gawain was sore grieved there-for ere he had ridden a mile; he would not that it had so chanced for all King Arthur's kingdom--that shall ye hear anon. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 saddle saddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 girths girth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 traitor traitor NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 so so SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 handle handle NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 xcomp _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod:desc _ _ 13 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 sore sore ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 acl _ _ 16 grieved grieve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 ccomp _ _ 17 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 ere ere NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 ridden ride VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 conj _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 mile mile NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 28 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 so so ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 chanced chance VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 36 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 38 det _ _ 37 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 Arthur Arthur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 39 's 's PART POS _ 38 case _ _ 40 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 -- -- PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 obj _ _ 43 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 45 nsubj _ _ 45 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 acl:relcl _ _ 46 anon anon NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | the saddle girths | the traitor | | | | handle *xcomp* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent traitor=Eventuality | | 2 | **is** | past | Gawain Sir | handle *not said here* | | | | sore *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **grieve** | participle | Gawain Sir *not said here* | | | there | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **ride** | past · perfect | Gawain | a mile | | | | for ere | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mile=Theme | | 5 | **not** **chance** | would · perfect · passive | | Gawain | | | | for all King Arthur's kingdom; mile *nsubj:pass* | vn risk-94-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Pivot | | 6 | **hear** | shall | ye | all King Arthur's kingdom | | | | anon *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. 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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/6/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/6/63/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/6/)