--- title: Sir Agloval looked through the wicket, and was ware of Sir Gariët, S… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Sir Agloval looked through the wicket, and was ware of Sir Gariët, Sir Gawain's brother, and bethought him how that he belonged to King Arthur's court and was worthy of great honour, for though he were not so well known throughout the land as was his brother Sir Gawain, yet was he a strong knight an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/9/108/) [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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/9/) / 108 # Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 9, sentence 108 Sir Agloval looked through the wicket, and was ware of Sir Gariët, Sir Gawain's brother, and bethought him how that he belonged to King Arthur's court and was worthy of great honour, for though he were not so well known throughout the land as was his brother Sir Gawain, yet was he a strong knight and bold, and a doer of valiant deeds. **Who acts:** Sir · **What happens:** look, be, bethink, belong, not know · **To what, where:** ware, Sir, strong knight This is a sentence of «Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch» by Jessie L. Weston, Opening, part 9. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (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:pg8447:9:108 # text = Sir Agloval looked through the wicket, and was ware of Sir Gariët, Sir Gawain's brother, and bethought him how that he belonged to King Arthur's court and was worthy of great honour, for though he were not so well known throughout the land as was his brother Sir Gawain, yet was he a strong knight and bold, and a doer of valiant deeds. 1 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 Agloval Agloval PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 through through ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 wicket wicket NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 ware ware NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod:desc _ _ 13 Gariët Gariët PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod:desc _ _ 16 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 17 's 's PART POS _ 16 case _ _ 18 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 bethought bethink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 26 advmod _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 belonged belong VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 28 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 Arthur Arthur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 30 's 's PART POS _ 29 case _ _ 31 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 34 worthy worthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 conj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 39 for for SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 40 though though SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux:pass _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 44 so so ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 46 advmod _ _ 46 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 parataxis _ _ 47 throughout throughout ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 50 as as ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 52 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 54 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 appos _ _ 55 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 57 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 58 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 cop _ _ 59 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 60 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 61 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 64 bold bold NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 66 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 67 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 doer doer NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 conj _ _ 69 of of ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 valiant valiant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 71 amod _ _ 71 deeds deed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 68 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | Sir | | | | | through the wicket | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent through wicket=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | past | | ware | | | | of Gariët Sir | tree rules | | 3 | **bethink** | past | Sir *not said here* | Sir | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **belong** | past | Sir | | | | | to King Arthur's court | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | Sir *not said here* | | | | | of great honour; worthy *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **know** | past · passive | | Sir | | | throughout the land | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | | 7 | **is** | past | | | | | | as Sir's brother; Sir *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 8 | **is a** | past | Sir | a strong knight and bold and a doer of valiant deeds | | | | bold *conj*; a doer of valiant deeds *conj* | 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. 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 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/9/107/) - next →: [Opening, part 10, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/10/1/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/9/)