--- title: Sir Gariët gave him his sword, which was good and bright; then took… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Sir Gariët gave him his sword, which was good and bright; then took they leave, each of the other, for Sir Gawain would not return ere he had spoken with Sir Lancelot, saying that the good fellowship betwixt them twain should not be broken by his default; but that he would bring him again to the cou --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/9/38/) [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/) / 38 # Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 9, sentence 38 Sir Gariët gave him his sword, which was good and bright; then took they leave, each of the other, for Sir Gawain would not return ere he had spoken with Sir Lancelot, saying that the good fellowship betwixt them twain should not be broken by his default; but that he would bring him again to the court of King Arthur, and keep his covenant. **Who acts:** Sir, sword, hill, Gawain, default · **What happens:** give, be, take, leave, not return, speak · **To what, where:** sword, Gawain, each, ere, good fellowship, court · **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 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, sword, hill, Gawain), 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:pg8447:9:38 # text = Sir Gariët gave him his sword, which was good and bright; then took they leave, each of the other, for Sir Gawain would not return ere he had spoken with Sir Lancelot, saying that the good fellowship betwixt them twain should not be broken by his default; but that he would bring him again to the court of King Arthur, and keep his covenant. 1 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 Gariët Gariët PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 acl:relcl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 14 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ _ 15 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 leave leave VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 15 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 24 for for SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 25 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod:desc _ _ 26 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 27 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 parataxis _ _ 30 ere ere NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 acl:relcl _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 36 Lancelot Lancelot PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 fellowship fellowship NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 betwixt betwixt ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 45 twain twain NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ _ 46 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 47 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 49 advmod _ _ 48 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 49 aux:pass _ _ 49 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 ccomp _ _ 50 by by ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 default default NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ; ; PUNCT : _ 58 punct _ _ 54 but but CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 55 that that SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 56 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 57 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 58 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 59 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 obj _ _ 60 again again ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 61 to to ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ _ 64 of of ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 66 compound _ _ 66 Arthur Arthur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 63 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 69 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 conj _ _ 70 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 71 nmod:poss _ _ 71 covenant covenant NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | Sir | Sir's sword | Gawain | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient sword=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | Sir's sword | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | Sir's sword *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **take** | past | Sir *not said here* | each of the other | | | then | | vn require-103 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition | | 5 | **leave** | present | hill | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **not** **return** | would | Gawain Sir | ere | | | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ere=Theme | | 7 | **speak** *speech: other* | past · perfect | Gawain | ere *not said here* | | | | with Sir | tree rules | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Gawain Sir *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **not** **break** | should · passive | Sir's default | the good fellowship hill and twain | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Patient | | 10 | **bring** | would | Sir | Gawain | | the court of King Arthur | again | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to court=Destination | | 11 | **keep** | infinitive | Sir *not said here* | Sir's covenant | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent covenant=Theme | | 12 | **default** | | Sir | | | | | | nom default «act intransitive»: poss=agent | | 13 | **covenant** | | Sir | | | | | | nom covenant «communication 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. 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/9/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/9/39/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/9/)