--- title: When he heard and beheld with his eyes that King Arthur was in very… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: When he heard and beheld with his eyes that King Arthur was in very deed free, then did he betake himself to him straight-way, and offered him goods and gold that he might be set at liberty, and he sware that he would be the king's man, and hold all his lands henceforward from him, and would depart --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/12/34/) [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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/12/) / 34 # Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 12, sentence 34 When he heard and beheld with his eyes that King Arthur was in very deed free, then did he betake himself to him straight-way, and offered him goods and gold that he might be set at liberty, and he sware that he would be the king's man, and hold all his lands henceforward from him, and would depart from the kingdom with all his folk. **Who acts:** king, Arthur · **What happens:** hear, behold, betake, offer, set, sware · **To what, where:** king, goods, liberty, man, lands, kingdom 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 (king, 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:pg8447:12:34 # text = When he heard and beheld with his eyes that King Arthur was in very deed free, then did he betake himself to him straight-way, and offered him goods and gold that he might be set at liberty, and he sware that he would be the king's man, and hold all his lands henceforward from him, and would depart from the kingdom with all his folk. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 beheld behold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 Arthur Arthur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 8 nmod _ _ 14 very very ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 deed deed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ _ 19 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 betake betake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 parataxis _ _ 22 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 21 obj _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 25 straight straight ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 offered offer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 iobj _ _ 32 goods goods NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 30 obj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 advcl _ _ 40 at at ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 liberty liberty NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 sware sware NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ _ 46 that that SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 48 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 49 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 53 cop _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 52 's 's PART POS _ 51 case _ _ 53 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 57 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 59 det:predet _ _ 58 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 59 lands land NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 obj _ _ 60 henceforward henceforward ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 61 from from ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 65 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 66 aux _ _ 66 depart depart VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 conj _ _ 67 from from ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obl _ _ 70 with with ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 71 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 73 det:predet _ _ 72 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 73 nmod:poss _ _ 73 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | king | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **behold** | participle | king *not said here* | | | | | with king's eyes | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **betake** | past · do-support | Arthur | king | king | | then | way *obl* | tree rules | | 4 | **offer** | past | | goods and gold | king | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal goods=Theme | | 5 | **set** | might · passive | | king | | liberty | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme at liberty=Destination | | 6 | **sware** | | king | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **is a** | would | king | the king's man | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **hold** | infinitive | Arthur *not said here* | king's lands | | | | from king; henceforward *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Theme | | 9 | **depart** | would | Arthur *not said here* | | | the kingdom | | with king's folk | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from kingdom=Initial\_Location | 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. 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