--- title: But Sir Gawain was more desirous than I may tell ye of knowing where… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: But Sir Gawain was more desirous than I may tell ye of knowing wherefore Sir Gariët, his brother, came thither, till he brought him to that point that he spake the truth concerning what had chanced to King Arthur, and told how the worst had befallen him. " Who acts: Sir, I, truth. 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" **Who acts:** Sir, I, truth · **What happens:** be, tell, know, come, bring, speak · **To what, where:** ye, bade, point, truth, King Arthur, worst · **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 (Sir, I, truth), 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:pg8447:8:61 # text = But Sir Gawain was more desirous than I may tell ye of knowing wherefore Sir Gariët, his brother, came thither, till he brought him to that point that he spake the truth concerning what had chanced to King Arthur, and told how the worst had befallen him. " 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ 6 desirous desirous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 than than SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 11 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 10 iobj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 14 wherefore wherefore ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 15 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 16 Gariët Gariët PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 21 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 22 thither thither ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 till till SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 det _ _ 30 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 spake speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 concerning concern VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 35 acl _ _ 37 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 chanced chance VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 xcomp _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 Arthur Arthur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 46 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 50 advmod _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 48 worst bad ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 50 nsubj:pass _ _ 49 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 befallen befall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 45 ccomp _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ 53 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Sir | | | | | desirous *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | may | I | | ye | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent ye=Recipient | | 3 | **know** | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **come** | past | Sir | | | | | thither, wherefore *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **bring** | past | Sir | bade | | that point | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to point=Destination | | 6 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | Sir | the truth | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **concern** | gerund | the truth *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **chance** | past · perfect · passive | | | King Arthur | | | what *nsubj:pass* | vn risk-94-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Pivot | | 9 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Sir *not said here* | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 10 | **befall** | past · perfect · passive | | worst | | | | bade *obj* | 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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