--- title: They rode blithely in company, telling of many things that had chanc… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: They rode blithely in company, telling of many things that had chanced here and elsewhere, until they came to the seashore, where they took ship and crossed over; and when they had passed the water they came straightway to Perceval's uncle, who received them with right goodwill. Who acts: Perceval, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/12/47/) [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/) / 47 # Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 12, sentence 47 They rode blithely in company, telling of many things that had chanced here and elsewhere, until they came to the seashore, where they took ship and crossed over; and when they had passed the water they came straightway to Perceval's uncle, who received them with right goodwill. **Who acts:** Perceval, many things, uncle · **What happens:** ride, tell, chance, come, take, cross over · **To what, where:** company, seashore, ship, Perceval, water · **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 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Perceval, many things, uncle), 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:pg8447:12:47 # text = They rode blithely in company, telling of many things that had chanced here and elsewhere, until they came to the seashore, where they took ship and crossed over; and when they had passed the water they came straightway to Perceval's uncle, who received them with right goodwill. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 blithely blithely ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 telling tell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 11 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 chanced chance VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 acl:relcl _ _ 14 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advmod _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 elsewhere elsewhere ADV RB _ 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 until until SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 seashore seashore NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 27 advmod _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 28 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 crossed cross VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 conj _ _ 31 over over ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 37 advmod _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 42 straightway straightway NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 Perceval Perceval PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 45 's 's PART POS _ 44 case _ _ 46 uncle uncle NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 49 nsubj _ _ 49 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 acl:relcl _ _ 50 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 with with ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 goodwill goodwill NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride** | past | Perceval | | | company | | blithely *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | | | | of many things | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **chance** | past · perfect | many things | | | here | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **come** | past | Perceval | | | the seashore | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to seashore=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **take** | past | Perceval | ship | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ship=Theme | | 6 | **cross over** | participle | Perceval *not said here* | | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **pass** | past · perfect · passive | | Perceval | | | | to Perceval's uncle; water straightway *obj* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient straightway=Theme | | 8 | **come** | past | Perceval | the water *not said here* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location water=Theme | | 9 | **receive** | past | Perceval's uncle | Perceval | | | | with right goodwill | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/12/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/12/48/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/12/)