--- title: _ Now as at this time King Arthur abode in Britain, and held high co… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: _ Now as at this time King Arthur abode in Britain, and held high court, that his fame might wax the greater; and as the noble folk sat at the board and ate, there came riding a knight; for 'twas the custom in Arthur's days that while the king held court no door, small nor great, should be shut, but --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/1/80/) [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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/1/) / 80 # Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 1, sentence 80 \_ Now as at this time King Arthur abode in Britain, and held high court, that his fame might wax the greater; and as the noble folk sat at the board and ate, there came riding a knight; for 'twas the custom in Arthur's days that while the king held court no door, small nor great, should be shut, but all men were free to come and go as they willed. **Who acts:** King, fame, noble folk, days, men · **What happens:** abide, hold, wax, sit, eat, come · **To what, where:** twas, Britain, high court, board, knight This is a sentence of «Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch» by Jessie L. Weston, Opening, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, fame, noble folk, days), 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:pg8447:1:81 # text = _ Now as at this time King Arthur abode in Britain, and held high court, that his fame might wax the greater; and as the noble folk sat at the board and ate, there came riding a knight; for 'twas the custom in Arthur's days that while the king held court no door, small nor great, should be shut, but all men were free to come and go as they willed. 1 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 9 punct _ _ 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 7 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 Arthur Arthur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 flat _ _ 9 abode abide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Britain Britain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 15 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 fame fame NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 21 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 wax wax NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 greater great ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 22 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 27 as as SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 noble noble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 32 at at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 board board NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 39 expl _ _ 39 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 40 riding ride VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 advcl _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 twas twa NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 custom custom NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 appos _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 Arthur Arthur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 51 's 's PART POS _ 50 case _ _ 52 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nmod _ _ 53 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 68 nsubj _ _ 54 while while SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ _ 57 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 58 amod _ _ 58 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nsubj _ _ 59 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 60 det _ _ 60 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 62 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 63 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 64 cc _ _ 64 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 66 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 68 aux _ _ 67 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 68 cop _ _ 68 shut shut ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 70 but but CCONJ CC _ 74 cc _ _ 71 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 72 det _ _ 72 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 74 nsubj _ _ 73 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 74 cop _ _ 74 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 parataxis _ _ 75 to to PART TO _ 76 mark _ _ 76 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 74 xcomp _ _ 77 and and CCONJ CC _ 78 cc _ _ 78 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 76 conj _ _ 79 as as SCONJ IN _ 81 mark _ _ 80 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 81 nsubj _ _ 81 willed will VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 78 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 82 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **abide** | past | King | twas | | Britain | now; time | | tree rules | | 2 | **hold** | participle | King *not said here* | high court | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent court=Theme | | 3 | **wax** | might | King's fame | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **sit** | past | the noble folk | | | the board | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at board=Location | | 5 | **eat** | past | the noble folk *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **come** | past | the noble folk *not said here* | | | there | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **ride** | gerund | the noble folk *not said here* | a knight | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knight=Theme | | 8 | **hold** | participle | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **court** | | the king | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **is** | should | Arthur's days | | | | | no door *nsubj*; shut *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **is** | past | all men | | | | | free *property* | tree rules | | 12 | **come** | to-infinitive | all men *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 13 | **go** | infinitive | all men *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 14 | **will** | past | men *= man* | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/1/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/1/81/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/1/)