--- title: And concerning his brother Sir Agloval, of him did they tell that he… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: And concerning his brother Sir Agloval, of him did they tell that he lay sick, with his uncle, sorely wounded; but the messenger did us to wit that he was like to be healed, that do I tell ye, Sir Gawain. Who acts: brother, Perceval, messenger, I. 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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 (brother, Perceval, messenger, I), 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:pg8447:8:88 # text = And concerning his brother Sir Agloval, of him did they tell that he lay sick, with his uncle, sorely wounded; but the messenger did us to wit that he was like to be healed, that do I tell ye, Sir Gawain. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 concerning concern VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:desc _ _ 6 Agloval Agloval PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ _ 10 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ _ 16 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 uncle uncle NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 sorely sorely ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 wounded wounded ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 messenger messenger NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 advcl _ _ 29 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 wit wit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 advcl _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 35 like like ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 ccomp _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 healed heal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 41 nsubj _ _ 41 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 44 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 43 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 iobj _ _ 47 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **concern** | gerund | | Perceval's brother | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus brother=Experiencer | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | brother | | | | | of Perceval | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **lie** | past | Perceval | | | | | with Perceval's uncle; sick *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **do** | past | the messenger | us | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Eventuality | | 5 | **wit** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | past | Perceval | | | | | like *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **heal** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | Perceval *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V» | | 8 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | I | | Sir | | | ye *iobj* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent ye=Recipient sir=Topic | 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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/8/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/8/89/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/8/)