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title: They rode so long that they came thither; and when they of the land… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics
description: They rode so long that they came thither; and when they of the land heard tell how that Morien had brought his father with him they assembled themselves together, and some were for refusing them entry into the kingdom, since they would fain keep the heritage for themselves. Who acts: Gawain, some. A
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# Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 12, sentence 57

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They rode so long that they came thither; and when they of the land heard tell how that Morien had brought his father with him they assembled themselves together, and some were for refusing them entry into the kingdom, since they would fain keep the heritage for themselves.

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**Who acts:** Gawain, some · **What happens:** ride, come, hear, tell, bring, assemble · **To what, where:** Morien, Gawain, kingdom, heritage · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (Gawain, some), 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:pg8447:12:57
# text = They rode so long that they came thither; and when they of the land heard tell how that Morien had brought his father with him they assembled themselves together, and some were for refusing them entry into the kingdom, since they would fain keep the heritage for themselves.
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	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
8	thither	thither	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
11	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	16	advmod	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
17	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	ccomp	_	_
18	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	22	advmod	_	_
19	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	22	mark	_	_
20	Morien	Morien	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	nsubj:pass	_	_
21	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
22	brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	28	parataxis	_	_
23	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	_
24	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	_
25	with	with	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	obl	_	_
27	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj	_	_
28	assembled	assemble	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	ccomp	_	_
29	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	28	obj	_	_
30	together	together	ADV	RB	_	28	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
33	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	36	nsubj	_	_
34	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	aux	_	_
35	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	36	mark	_	_
36	refusing	refuse	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	advcl	_	_
37	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	obj	_	_
38	entry	entry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obj	_	_
39	into	into	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
43	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	46	mark	_	_
44	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	46	nsubj	_	_
45	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	46	aux	_	_
46	fain	fain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	conj	_	_
47	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	46	xcomp	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	heritage	heritage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obj	_	_
50	for	for	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
51	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	47	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | past | Gawain |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **come** | past | Gawain |  |  |  |  | thither *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **hear** | past | Gawain |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 5 | **bring** | past · perfect · passive |  | Morien |  |  |  | with father | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Destination father=Theme |
| 6 | **assemble** | past | Gawain | Gawain |  |  |  | together *property* | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme |
| 7 | **refuse** | past · progressive | some | Gawain |  | the kingdom |  | entry *obj* | tree rules |
| 8 | **fain** | would | Gawain |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 9 | **keep** | infinitive | Gawain *not said here* | the heritage |  |  |  | for Gawain | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heritage=Theme |

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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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