--- title: Sir Gariët alighted on the turf when he saw his brother; and as he c… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Sir Gariët alighted on the turf when he saw his brother; and as he came nigh to him he took him in his arms saying: "Alas, brother, woe is me! Who acts: Gariët. A sentence of «Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch» by Jessie L. Weston, Opening, part 8, with i --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/8/49/) [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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/8/) / 49 # Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 8, sentence 49 Sir Gariët alighted on the turf when he saw his brother; and as he came nigh to him he took him in his arms saying: "Alas, brother, woe is me! **Who acts:** Gariët · **What happens:** alight, see, come, take, say, be · **To what, where:** Gariët, turf, brother, Sir, arms, Alas · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (Gariët), 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:pg8447:8:49 # text = Sir Gariët alighted on the turf when he saw his brother; and as he came nigh to him he took him in his arms saying: "Alas, brother, woe is me! 1 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod:desc _ _ 2 Gariët Gariët PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 3 alighted alight VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 turf turf NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 17 nigh nigh ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 26 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 28 " " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 Alas Alas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 woe woe NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 appos _ _ 34 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 35 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ! ! PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **alight** | participle | | Gariët Sir *not said here* | | the turf | | | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | past | Gariët Sir | Sir's brother | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer brother=Stimulus | | 3 | **come** | past | Gariët | | Sir | | | nigh *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **take** | past | Gariët | Sir | | Sir's arms | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Value in arm=Location | | 5 | **say** *speech: express* | gerund | Gariët *not said here* | Alas and brother | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent alas=Topic | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | Gariët | | | | | 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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