--- title: Then Sir Gawain and Morien his comrade thanked him much, and went th… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Then Sir Gawain and Morien his comrade thanked him much, and went their way to the chapel, where they abode throughout the day; each told to the other his adventures as they had befallen, neither more nor less. Who acts: Sir, comrades. 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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 (Sir, comrades), 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:pg8447:7:85 # text = Then Sir Gawain and Morien his comrade thanked him much, and went their way to the chapel, where they abode throughout the day; each told to the other his adventures as they had befallen, neither more nor less. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 2 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 Morien Morien PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 comrade comrade NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 thanked thank VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 much much ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 14 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 chapel chapel NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 22 advmod _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 abode abide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 23 throughout throughout ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 27 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 obl _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 adventures adventure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 iobj _ _ 34 as as SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 befallen befall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 40 cc:preconj _ _ 40 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 37 advmod _ _ 41 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 42 cc _ _ 42 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | past | Sir and Morien | | Morien | | then | Sir's comrade *nsubj* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **go** | past | Sir and Morien *not said here* | comrades's way | | | | to the chapel | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme | | 3 | **abide** | past | comrades *= comrade* | | | | day | | tree rules | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | participle · passive | | each | Sir's adventures | | | to the other | tree rules | | 5 | **befall** | past · perfect | comrades *= comrade* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **adventure** | | Sir | | | | | | nom adventure «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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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