--- title: When they of within saw that they took counsel together, and said di… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: When they of within saw that they took counsel together, and said did they leave them in peace that night the king would, doubtless, send for a greater force of knights and other folk, and assemble a mighty army, and it were better that they should now adventure themselves, and ride forth from the c --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/11/80/) [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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/11/) / 80 # Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 11, sentence 80 When they of within saw that they took counsel together, and said did they leave them in peace that night the king would, doubtless, send for a greater force of knights and other folk, and assemble a mighty army, and it were better that they should now adventure themselves, and ride forth from the castle ere they were yet more outnumbered. **Who acts:** knights · **What happens:** see, take, say, leave, send, assemble · **To what, where:** counsel, tents, peace, mighty army, knights, castle ere · **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 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (knights), 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:pg8447:11:80 # text = When they of within saw that they took counsel together, and said did they leave them in peace that night the king would, doubtless, send for a greater force of knights and other folk, and assemble a mighty army, and it were better that they should now adventure themselves, and ride forth from the castle ere they were yet more outnumbered. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 of of SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 within within ADP IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 9 counsel counsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 10 together together ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 det _ _ 21 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 doubtless doubtless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 greater great ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 32 amod _ _ 32 force force NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 knights knight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 assemble assemble VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 expl _ _ 47 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 48 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 13 parataxis _ _ 49 that that SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 50 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 51 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 52 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 53 advmod _ _ 53 adventure adventure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 advcl _ _ 54 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 57 ride ride VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 58 forth forth ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 59 from from ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 61 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 compound _ _ 62 ere ere NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 63 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 nsubj _ _ 64 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 67 aux _ _ 65 yet yet ADV RB _ 67 advmod _ _ 66 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 67 advmod _ _ 67 outnumbered outnumber VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 62 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | knights *= knight* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **take** | past | knights *= knight* | counsel | | | | together *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent counsel=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **leave** | past · do-support | knights *= knight* | tents *= tent* | | peace | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme in peace=Location | | 5 | **send** | infinitive | knights *= knight* *not said here* | | | | | for a greater force of knights and other folk | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **assemble** | infinitive | knights *= knight* *not said here* | a mighty army | | | | | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent army=Theme | | 7 | **is** | past | | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **adventure** | should | knights *= knight* | knights *= knight* | | | now | | tree rules | | 9 | **ride** | present | | | | the castle ere | | forth *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent from ere=Trajectory | | 10 | **outnumber** | past · passive | knights *= knight* | the castle ere *not said here* | | | yet | | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot ere=Theme | 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/pg8447/11/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/11/81/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/11/)