--- title: The seneschal held in his hand the false sword, well hidden in its s… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: The seneschal held in his hand the false sword, well hidden in its sheath, and the while Sir Gawain made him ready did he gird it at his side--for that was the knight thereafter unblithe. Who acts: Sir, seneschal, that. 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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 (Sir, seneschal, that), 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:pg8447:6:66 # text = The seneschal held in his hand the false sword, well hidden in its sheath, and the while Sir Gawain made him ready did he gird it at his side--for that was the knight thereafter unblithe. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 seneschal seneschal NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 false false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 11 well well INTJ UH _ 12 discourse _ _ 12 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 advcl _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 sheath sheath NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 19 while while SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 21 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 flat _ _ 22 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 xcomp _ _ 25 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 gird gird VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 at at ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 -- -- PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 34 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 37 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 parataxis _ _ 38 thereafter thereafter ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 unblithe unblithe NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | participle | | the seneschal *not said here* | | seneschal's hand and the false sword | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hand=Location | | 2 | **hide** | participle · passive | | the seneschal | | sword's sheath | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient in sheath=Location | | 3 | **make** | past | Sir | seneschal | | | | ready *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Product | | 4 | **gird** | past · do-support | seneschal | treason | | seneschal's side | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | past | that | | | | | for the knight and unblithe; unblithe *conj* | 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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