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title: Sir Gawain abode not still, but went as best he might to the window;… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics
description: Sir Gawain abode not still, but went as best he might to the window; he looked upon the knight, and deemed by his armour and the tokens whereby a man may be known of men, that 'twas his own brother, Sir Gariët, the son alike of his father and of his mother. Who acts: Sir, that. A sentence of «Morien
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# Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 8, sentence 41

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Sir Gawain abode not still, but went as best he might to the window; he looked upon the knight, and deemed by his armour and the tokens whereby a man may be known of men, that 'twas his own brother, Sir Gariët, the son alike of his father and of his mother.

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**Who acts:** Sir, that · **What happens:** not abide, go, look, deem, know, twa · **To what, where:** best, window, man

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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 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Sir, that), 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:pg8447:8:41
# text = Sir Gawain abode not still, but went as best he might to the window; he looked upon the knight, and deemed by his armour and the tokens whereby a man may be known of men, that 'twas his own brother, Sir Gariët, the son alike of his father and of his mother.
1	Sir	Sir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	Gawain	Gawain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	abode	abide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
5	still	still	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	as	as	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	obl	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	obl	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
19	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	deemed	deem	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
25	by	by	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	_	_
27	armour	armour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	tokens	token	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	conj	_	_
31	whereby	whereby	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	36	advmod	_	_
32	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nsubj:pass	_	_
34	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	36	aux	_	_
35	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	36	aux:pass	_	_
36	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	24	advcl	_	_
37	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
38	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
40	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	42	nsubj	_	_
41	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	42	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	twas	twa	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	appos	_	_
43	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	45	nmod:poss	_	_
44	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	amod	_	_
45	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
47	Sir	Sir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	45	appos	_	_
48	Gariët	Gariët	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	47	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	conj	_	_
52	alike	alike	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	55	case	_	_
53	of	of	ADP	IN	_	52	fixed	_	_
54	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	55	nmod:poss	_	_
55	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	_
56	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	59	cc	_	_
57	of	of	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
58	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	59	nmod:poss	_	_
59	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **abide** | past | Sir |  |  |  | still |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | past | Sir *not said here* | best |  | the window |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to window=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **look** | past | Sir |  |  |  |  | upon the knight | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon knight=Theme |
| 4 | **deem** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by Sir's armour and the tokens | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **know** | may · passive |  | a man |  |  |  | of men; alike Sir's father and Sir's mother; whereby *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus |
| 6 | **twa** |  | that |  |  |  |  | Sir's own brother and the son *appos* | tree rules |

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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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