--- title: This marked well his brother, Sir Gawain, and he gave him to wit of… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: This marked well his brother, Sir Gawain, and he gave him to wit of the knight, and of his name, who he was, and whence he came, ere he asked him aught; for he saw well that he somewhat misdoubted him when he saw the good knight Morien of such countenance. Who acts: This, Sir. 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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 (This, Sir), 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:pg8447:8:59 # text = This marked well his brother, Sir Gawain, and he gave him to wit of the knight, and of his name, who he was, and whence he came, ere he asked him aught; for he saw well that he somewhat misdoubted him when he saw the good knight Morien of such countenance. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 nsubj _ _ 2 marked mark VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 8 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 iobj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 wit wit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 whence whence ADV WRB PronType=Int 32 advmod _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 ere ere ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 parataxis _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 iobj _ _ 38 aught aught PRON NN PronType=Ind 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 40 for for SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 43 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 42 advmod _ _ 44 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 somewhat somewhat ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 misdoubted misdoubt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 51 advmod _ _ 50 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 advcl _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 55 Morien Morien PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 appos _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 countenance countenance NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mark** | past | This | Morien's brother | | | | Sir's name *parataxis*; well *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent brother=Theme | | 2 | **give** | past | Sir | | Morien | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **wit** | to-infinitive | Sir *not said here* | | | | | of the knight | tree rules | | 4 | **be** | past | | | | | | who *nsubj*; Sir *nsubj* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **come** | past | Sir | | | | | whence *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Sir | aught | Morien | | | ere *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **see** | past | Sir | | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **misdoubt** | past | Sir | Morien | | | | somewhat *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **see** | past | Sir | the good knight | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer knight=Stimulus | | 10 | **name** | | Sir | | | | | | nom name «communication 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. 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. - ← previous: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/8/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/8/60/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/8/)