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title: Sir Gawain said he would return with Sir Lancelot as swiftly as he m… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics
description: Sir Gawain said he would return with Sir Lancelot as swiftly as he might, and put to shame the folk who had led his uncle captive; and he quoth, "Brother, tell this to my lady the queen, and bear her greeting in all good faith and loyalty. ' Who acts: Sir, folk, Lady. A sentence of «Morien: A Metric
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# Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 9, sentence 43

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Sir Gawain said he would return with Sir Lancelot as swiftly as he might, and put to shame the folk who had led his uncle captive; and he quoth, "Brother, tell this to my lady the queen, and bear her greeting in all good faith and loyalty. '

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**Who acts:** Sir, folk, Lady · **What happens:** say, return, put, shame, lead, tell · **To what, where:** folk, uncle captive, this, lady, greeting, good faith · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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, folk, Lady), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg8447:9:43
# text = Sir Gawain said he would return with Sir Lancelot as swiftly as he might, and put to shame the folk who had led his uncle captive; and he quoth, "Brother, tell this to my lady the queen, and bear her greeting in all good faith and loyalty. '
1	Sir	Sir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	Gawain	Gawain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	Sir	Sir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:desc	_	_
9	Lancelot	Lancelot	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	as	as	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	swiftly	swiftly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
12	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	shame	shame	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	xcomp	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	folk	folk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
22	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	24	nsubj	_	_
23	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
24	led	lead	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	21	acl:relcl	_	_
25	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	_	_
26	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	compound	_	_
27	captive	captive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	36	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
30	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	nsubj	_	_
31	quoth	quoth	ADV	RB	_	36	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
33	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	34	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	Brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
36	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
37	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	36	obj	_	_
38	to	to	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	40	nmod:poss	_	_
40	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
45	bear	bear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	36	conj	_	_
46	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	47	nmod:poss	_	_
47	greeting	greeting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obj	_	_
48	in	in	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
49	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	51	det	_	_
50	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	amod	_	_
51	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obl	_	_
52	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
53	loyalty	loyalty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	36	punct	_	_
55	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	36	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Sir |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **return** | would | Sir |  |  |  |  | with Lancelot  Sir; swiftly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **put** | infinitive | Sir *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **shame** | to-infinitive | Sir *not said here* | the folk |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus folk=Experiencer |
| 5 | **lead** | past · perfect | the folk | Sir's uncle captive |  |  |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent captive=Theme |
| 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | Sir | this | my lady |  |  | Brother *nsubj*; quoth *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent this=Topic to lady=Recipient |
| 7 | **bear** *in a quote* | infinitive | Sir *not said here* | Lady's greeting |  | all good faith and loyalty |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent greeting=Patient |
| 8 | **greet** *in a quote* |  | Lady |  |  |  |  |  | nom greeting «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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