--- title: Here hath a great misfortune chanced, the ordeal hath gone over us;… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Here hath a great misfortune chanced, the ordeal hath gone over us; King Arthur hath been taken captive and we know not where he may be, he was waylaid and betrayed in a forest, whither he went to hunt, and we saw him never more. Who acts: ordeal, we, Arthur. 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Weston, Opening, part 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (ordeal, we, Arthur), 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:pg8447:11:46 # text = Here hath a great misfortune chanced, the ordeal hath gone over us; King Arthur hath been taken captive and we know not where he may be, he was waylaid and betrayed in a forest, whither he went to hunt, and we saw him never more. 1 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 hath have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 misfortune misfortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 chanced chance VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 ordeal ordeal NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 12 over over ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 15 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 Arthur Arthur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 17 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 20 captive captive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 xcomp _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 25 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 23 ccomp _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 25 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 waylaid waylay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 conj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 betrayed betray VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 conj _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 whither whither ADV WRB PronType=Int 41 advmod _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 hunt hunt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 50 advmod _ _ 50 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 47 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | | a great misfortune | | here | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent misfortune=Patient | | 2 | **chance** | participle | | a great misfortune *not said here* | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **go** | present · perfect | the ordeal | | | | | over us | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme over we=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **take** | present · perfect · passive | | King Arthur | | | | captive *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Destination | | 5 | **not** **know** | present | we | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is** | infinitive | | | | | | where *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **waylay** | past · passive | | Arthur | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **betray** | participle | | | | a forest | | | tree rules | | 9 | **go** | past | Arthur | | | | | whither *property* | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 10 | **hunt** | to-infinitive | Arthur *not said here* | | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **see** | past | we | Arthur | | | never | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/11/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/11/47/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/11/)