--- title: Those who had come thither, and had, as it were, found Sir Gawain in… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Those who had come thither, and had, as it were, found Sir Gawain in the very act of slaying, were of one mind that they should beset him, behind and afore, on horse and afoot, and if it might be take his life. Who acts: need, act, Those, helmets. A sentence of «Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered i --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/5/50/) [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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/5/) / 50 # Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 5, sentence 50 Those who had come thither, and had, as it were, found Sir Gawain in the very act of slaying, were of one mind that they should beset him, behind and afore, on horse and afoot, and if it might be take his life. **Who acts:** need, act, Those, helmets, it · **What happens:** come, have, be, slay, beset · **To what, where:** act, Gawain This is a sentence of «Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch» by Jessie L. Weston, Opening, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (need, act, Those, helmets), 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:pg8447:5:50 # text = Those who had come thither, and had, as it were, found Sir Gawain in the very act of slaying, were of one mind that they should beset him, behind and afore, on horse and afoot, and if it might be take his life. 1 Those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 27 nsubj _ _ 2 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 1 acl:relcl _ _ 5 thither thither ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 15 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod:desc _ _ 16 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 very very ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 act act NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 21 of of SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 22 slaying slay VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 24 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 nummod _ _ 27 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 beset beset VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 acl _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 behind behind ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 afore afore ADV RB _ 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 parataxis _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 afoot afoot ADV RB _ 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 44 if if SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 46 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 48 cop _ _ 48 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past · perfect | | | | | | who *nsubj*; thither *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **have** | past | | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | need | | | the act | | Gawain Sir *obj*; find *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **slay** | gerund | the act *not said here* | | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | Those | | | | | of one mind | tree rules | | 6 | **beset** | should | helmets *= helmet* | Gawain | | | | horse *parataxis*; behind *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | might | it | | | | | Gawain's life *obj*; take *property* | tree rules | 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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/5/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/5/51/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/5/)