--- title: They were right joyful that she was once more in their power, and th… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: They were right joyful that she was once more in their power, and they left Sir Gawain on the field where he was sore bestead--they durst not take part with him against their overlord, so greatly did they fear his kin. Who acts: Twas, many, Gawain, sore. A sentence of «Morien: A Metrical Romance Ren --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/5/60/) [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/) / 60 # Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 5, sentence 60 They were right joyful that she was once more in their power, and they left Sir Gawain on the field where he was sore bestead--they durst not take part with him against their overlord, so greatly did they fear his kin. **Who acts:** Twas, many, Gawain, sore · **What happens:** be, leave, bestead, not take, fear · **To what, where:** power, Gawain, field, part, overlord, kin 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 (Twas, many, Gawain, sore), 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:pg8447:5:60 # text = They were right joyful that she was once more in their power, and they left Sir Gawain on the field where he was sore bestead--they durst not take part with him against their overlord, so greatly did they fear his kin. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 right right ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 joyful joyful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 9 advmod _ _ 9 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 conj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 17 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod:desc _ _ 18 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 22 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 25 advmod _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 25 sore sore ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 nsubj _ _ 26 bestead bestead VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 -- -- PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 durst durst AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 32 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ _ 35 against against ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 overlord overlord NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 so so ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 40 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 41 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 fear fear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 kin kin NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Twas *= twa* | | | | | joyful, right *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | many | | | Twas's power | | more, once *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **leave** | past | Twas *= twa* | Gawain Sir | | the field | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent gawain=Theme on field=Location | | 4 | **is** | past | Gawain | | | | | sore *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **bestead** | present | sore | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **take** | present | Twas *= twa* | part | | Twas's overlord | | with Gawain | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent part=Theme against overlord=Destination | | 7 | **fear** | past · do-support | Twas *= twa* | Gawain's kin | | | | greatly *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer kin=Stimulus | 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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/5/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/5/61/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/5/)