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# Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 12, sentence 31

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When the tidings ran through the land that the King of Ireland was captive, and that King Arthur was brought thither to treat with him, then was there so great a gathering of Britons that they surrounded Arthur, and took him from the men of Ireland, and brought him with armed hand into the castle despite them all.

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**Who acts:** tidings, land · **What happens:** run, be, bring, treat, surround, take · **To what, where:** land, King Arthur, Britons, Arthur, castle

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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 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (tidings, land), 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:pg8447:12:31
# text = When the tidings ran through the land that the King of Ireland was captive, and that King Arthur was brought thither to treat with him, then was there so great a gathering of Britons that they surrounded Arthur, and took him from the men of Ireland, and brought him with armed hand into the castle despite them all.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tidings	tiding	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	43	advcl	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	captive	captive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
17	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	21	mark	_	_
18	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	Arthur	Arthur	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	nsubj:pass	_	_
20	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux:pass	_	_
21	brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
22	thither	thither	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
23	to	to	PART	TO	_	24	mark	_	_
24	treat	treat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	advcl	_	_
25	with	with	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
28	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	30	advmod	_	_
29	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	30	cop	_	_
30	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	32	advmod	_	_
31	so	so	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	_
32	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	parataxis	_	_
33	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	gathering	gathering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	conj	_	_
35	of	of	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	Britons	briton	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	nmod	_	_
37	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	39	nsubj:pass	_	_
38	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	39	nsubj:pass	_	_
39	surrounded	surround	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	36	acl	_	_
40	Arthur	Arthur	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
42	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
43	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
44	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	43	obj	_	_
45	from	from	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	obl	_	_
48	of	of	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
49	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	47	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
51	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
52	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	43	conj	_	_
53	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	52	obj	_	_
54	with	with	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	armed	armed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	56	amod	_	_
56	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obl	_	_
57	into	into	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
58	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
59	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obl	_	_
60	despite	despite	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
61	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	59	nmod	_	_
62	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	61	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	43	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | past | the tidings |  |  | the land |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through land=Trajectory |
| 2 | **is** | past | the land |  |  |  |  | the King of Ireland *nsubj*; captive *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **bring** | past · passive |  | King Arthur |  |  |  | thither *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Destination |
| 4 | **treat** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with Arthur | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent with he=Theme |
| 5 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  | then | there *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **surround** | participle · passive |  | Britons |  |  |  | tidings *= tiding* *nsubj:pass*; Arthur *obj* | tree rules |
| 7 | **take** | past |  | Arthur |  |  |  | from the men of Ireland | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent he=Theme from man=Initial\_Location |
| 8 | **bring** | past |  | Arthur |  | the castle despite tidings |  | with armed hand | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme into castle=Destination |

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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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