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title: He thanked God and Morien a hundredfold, that he was thus delivered… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics
description: He thanked God and Morien a hundredfold, that he was thus delivered from peril, and comforted in his need; his heart was light within him, and he said he should speedily mend might he but have repose for two days, and neither walk nor ride; by the help of God, and by leechcraft and the aid of certai
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# Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 7, sentence 68

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He thanked God and Morien a hundredfold, that he was thus delivered from peril, and comforted in his need; his heart was light within him, and he said he should speedily mend might he but have repose for two days, and neither walk nor ride; by the help of God, and by leechcraft and the aid of certain herbs the virtue of which he knew well, so might he regain all his strength.

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**Who acts:** Gawain, heart, neither · **What happens:** thank, deliver, comfort, be, say, mend · **To what, where:** hundredfold, God, Gawain, peril, need, repose · **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 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Gawain, heart, neither), 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:pg8447:7:68
# text = He thanked God and Morien a hundredfold, that he was thus delivered from peril, and comforted in his need; his heart was light within him, and he said he should speedily mend might he but have repose for two days, and neither walk nor ride; by the help of God, and by leechcraft and the aid of certain herbs the virtue of which he knew well, so might he regain all his strength.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thanked	thank	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	Morien	Morien	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hundredfold	hundredfold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
12	thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	delivered	deliver	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	peril	peril	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	comforted	comfort	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	conj	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	need	need	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	26	punct	_	_
23	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	_
24	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nsubj	_	_
25	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	cop	_	_
26	light	light	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	_
27	within	within	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
31	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
32	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	conj	_	_
33	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	nsubj	_	_
34	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	36	aux	_	_
35	speedily	speedily	ADV	RB	_	36	advmod	_	_
36	mend	mend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	32	ccomp	_	_
37	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	40	aux	_	_
38	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	40	nsubj	_	_
39	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
40	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	36	ccomp	_	_
41	repose	repose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obj	_	_
42	for	for	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
43	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	44	nummod	_	_
44	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
46	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
47	neither	neither	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	48	nsubj	_	_
48	walk	walk	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	36	parataxis	_	_
49	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	50	cc	_	_
50	ride	ride	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	48	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	54	punct	_	_
52	by	by	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
55	of	of	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
56	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	54	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	78	punct	_	_
58	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	78	cc	_	_
59	by	by	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
60	leechcraft	leechcraft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	78	obl	_	_
61	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	63	cc	_	_
62	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	63	det	_	_
63	aid	aid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	conj	_	_
64	of	of	ADP	IN	_	66	case	_	_
65	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	66	amod	_	_
66	herbs	herb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	63	nmod	_	_
67	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	68	det	_	_
68	virtue	virtue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	66	conj	_	_
69	of	of	ADP	IN	_	70	case	_	_
70	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	72	obl	_	_
71	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	72	nsubj	_	_
72	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	68	acl:relcl	_	_
73	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	72	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	78	punct	_	_
75	so	so	ADV	RB	_	78	advmod	_	_
76	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	78	aux	_	_
77	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	78	nsubj	_	_
78	regain	regain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	54	conj	_	_
79	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	81	det:predet	_	_
80	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	81	nmod:poss	_	_
81	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	78	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
82	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | past | Gawain | a hundredfold | God and Morien |  |  | the help of God *parataxis* | tree rules |
| 2 | **deliver** | past · passive |  | Gawain |  | peril |  | thus *property* | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: subject=Theme from peril=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **comfort** | participle |  |  |  | Gawain's need |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **is** | past | Gawain's heart |  |  |  |  | within Gawain; light *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Gawain |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 6 | **mend** | should | Gawain |  |  |  |  | speedily *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **have** | might | Gawain | repose |  |  | day |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent repose=Patient |
| 8 | **walk** | present | neither |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 9 | **ride** | present | neither *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 10 | **know** | past | Gawain |  |  |  |  | of the virtue; well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of which=Stimulus |
| 11 | **regain** | might | Gawain | Gawain's strength |  |  |  | by leechcraft and the aid of certain herbs and the virtue | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strength=Theme |
| 12 | **need** |  | Gawain |  |  |  |  |  | nom need «state transitive»: poss=agent |
| 13 | **help** |  |  | God |  |  |  |  | nom help «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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