--- title: He wist not how it had gone with him; and would fain learn how his v… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: He wist not how it had gone with him; and would fain learn how his venture had fallen out and return in short space, would God prosper him, and bring Sir Lancelot with him to the aid of the queen. Who acts: Gawain, quest, venture, God. 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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 (Gawain, quest, venture, God), 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:pg8447:9:34 # text = He wist not how it had gone with him; and would fain learn how his venture had fallen out and return in short space, would God prosper him, and bring Sir Lancelot with him to the aid of the queen. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wist wist VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 2 advmod _ _ 4 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 fain fain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 14 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 15 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 advmod _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 venture venture NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 20 out out ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 return return VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 space space NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 prosper prosper VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 acl:relcl _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 34 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod:desc _ _ 35 Lancelot Lancelot PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 aid aid NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **wist** | present | Gawain | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | past · perfect | quest | | | | | with Gawain | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with he=Beneficiary | | 3 | **fain** | would | Gawain *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **learn** | infinitive | Gawain *not said here* | | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **fall out** | past · perfect | Gawain's venture | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **return** | present | Gawain's venture *not said here* | | | short space | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **prosper** | would | God | Gawain | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **bring** | infinitive | Gawain *not said here* | Lancelot Sir | | the aid of the queen | | with Gawain | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent lancelot=Theme to aid=Destination | | 9 | **venture** | | Gawain | | | | | | nom venture «act intransitive»: 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. 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