--- title: When the seneschal who had wrought this treason had brought Sir Gawa… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: When the seneschal who had wrought this treason had brought Sir Gawain's weapons and his horse that had been well cared for that night--they deemed it should be theirs ere long, 'twas a strong steed and well standing, and since they thought to have their pleasure of it they gave it provender enow--t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/6/63/) [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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/6/) / 63 # Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 6, sentence 63 When the seneschal who had wrought this treason had brought Sir Gawain's weapons and his horse that had been well cared for that night--they deemed it should be theirs ere long, 'twas a strong steed and well standing, and since they thought to have their pleasure of it they gave it provender enow--the host bade them undo the door and hold Sir Gawain's steed there without. **Who acts:** seneschal, weapons, treason, host, girths · **What happens:** wrought, bring, care, deem, be, stand · **To what, where:** treason, seneschal, horse, twas, girths, strong steed 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 (seneschal, weapons, treason, host), 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:pg8447:6:63 # text = When the seneschal who had wrought this treason had brought Sir Gawain's weapons and his horse that had been well cared for that night--they deemed it should be theirs ere long, 'twas a strong steed and well standing, and since they thought to have their pleasure of it they gave it provender enow--the host bade them undo the door and hold Sir Gawain's steed there without. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 10 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 seneschal seneschal NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 wrought wrought VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 treason treason NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 11 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod:desc _ _ 12 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 weapons weapon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 18 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 20 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 aux:pass _ _ 21 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 22 advmod _ _ 22 cared care VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl:relcl _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 det _ _ 25 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 -- -- PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 deemed deem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 cop _ _ 32 theirs their PRON PRP Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 ccomp _ _ 33 ere ere ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 twas twa NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 steed steed NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 43 advmod _ _ 43 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 46 since since SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 47 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 xcomp _ _ 51 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nmod _ _ 55 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 acl:relcl _ _ 57 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 obj _ _ 58 provender provender VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 xcomp _ _ 59 enow enow NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 -- -- PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 nsubj _ _ 63 bade bade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 acl:relcl _ _ 64 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 obj _ _ 65 undo undo VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 63 xcomp _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obj _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 69 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 65 conj _ _ 70 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 71 nmod:desc _ _ 71 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 73 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 72 's 's PART POS _ 71 case _ _ 73 steed steed NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obj _ _ 74 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 69 advmod _ _ 75 without without ADP IN _ 69 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 76 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wrought** | past · perfect | the seneschal | this treason | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **bring** | past · perfect · passive | | the seneschal | | | | Gawain Sir's weapons and seneschal's horse *obj* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Destination weapon=Theme | | 3 | **care** | past · perfect · passive | | seneschal's horse | | | night | well *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **deem** | past | weapons *= weapon* | twas a strong steed | | | | long *property* | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** | should | treason | girths *= girth* | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **stand** | gerund | weapons *= weapon* *not said here* | | | | | well *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **think** *speech: other* | past | weapons *= weapon* | a strong steed *not said here* | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent steed=Attribute clause=Theme | | 8 | **have** | to-infinitive | weapons *= weapon* *not said here* | girths's pleasure of treason | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pleasure=Patient | | 9 | **give** | past | weapons *= weapon* | treason | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **provender** | infinitive | weapons *= weapon* *not said here* | enow | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **bade** | past | the host | weapons *= weapon* | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **undo** | infinitive | the host *not said here* | the door | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient | | 13 | **hold** | infinitive | the host *not said here* | Gawain Sir's steed | | there | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent steed=Theme | | 14 | **please** | | girths *= girth* | treason | | | | | nom pleasure «feeling transitive»: poss=agent of=patient | 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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/6/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/6/64/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/6/)