--- title: The hermit tended the horses well with all that was needful to them;… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: The hermit tended the horses well with all that was needful to them; he bade the lad who served him, as a good man doth his friend, bring forth all the store that he had within, and fetch water from the spring, and warm it to Sir Gawain's liking that he might therewith wash his limbs, and cleanse th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/7/86/) [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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/7/) / 86 # Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 7, sentence 86 The hermit tended the horses well with all that was needful to them; he bade the lad who served him, as a good man doth his friend, bring forth all the store that he had within, and fetch water from the spring, and warm it to Sir Gawain's liking that he might therewith wash his limbs, and cleanse them from the blood. **Who acts:** hermit, all, lad, good man, man, Gawain · **What happens:** tend, be, bade, serve, do, bring · **To what, where:** horses, comrades, lad, Hermit, friend, store 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 (hermit, all, lad, good man), 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:pg8447:7:86 # text = The hermit tended the horses well with all that was needful to them; he bade the lad who served him, as a good man doth his friend, bring forth all the store that he had within, and fetch water from the spring, and warm it to Sir Gawain's liking that he might therewith wash his limbs, and cleanse them from the blood. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 hermit hermit NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 tended tend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 7 with with SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 11 nsubj _ _ 9 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 needful needful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 bade bade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 20 served serve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 doth do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 32 forth forth ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 35 det:predet _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 store store NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 39 within within ADP IN _ 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 fetch fetch VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 43 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 44 from from ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 warm warm VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 conj _ _ 50 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 to to ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 52 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 nmod:desc _ _ 53 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 's 's PART POS _ 53 case _ _ 55 liking like VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 49 advcl _ _ 56 that that SCONJ IN _ 60 mark _ _ 57 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 58 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 59 therewith therewith ADV RB _ 60 advmod _ _ 60 wash wash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 advcl _ _ 61 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 62 nmod:poss _ _ 62 limbs limb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 65 cleanse cleanse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 conj _ _ 66 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 obj _ _ 67 from from ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tend** | past | the hermit | the horses | | | | well *property* | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | all | | comrades *= comrade* | | | that *nsubj*; needful *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **bade** | past | Hermit | the lad | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **serve** | past | the lad | Hermit | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Attribute | | 5 | **do** | present | a good man | man's friend | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Eventuality | | 6 | **bring** | infinitive | a good man *not said here* | all store | | | | forth *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent store=Theme | | 7 | **have** | past | man | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **fetch** | present | | water | | | spring | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme | | 9 | **warm** | infinitive | | water | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 10 | **like** | gerund | Gawain Sir | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 11 | **wash** | might | Gawain | Sir's limbs | | | | therewith *property* | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent limb=Patient | | 12 | **cleanse** | infinitive | | comrades *= comrade* | | the blood | | | vn groom-41.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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. 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