--- title: Thus it fell out that they brought Sir Gawain on the horse, sorely w… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Thus it fell out that they brought Sir Gawain on the horse, sorely wounded and mishandled, within the nearness of half a mile, so that the knight knew he was nigh to the cell of the Hermit of whom at that self-same cross-road he had asked tidings of King Arthur's knights, and of that bad and evil la --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/7/10/) [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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/7/) / 10 # Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 7, sentence 10 Thus it fell out that they brought Sir Gawain on the horse, sorely wounded and mishandled, within the nearness of half a mile, so that the knight knew he was nigh to the cell of the Hermit of whom at that self-same cross-road he had asked tidings of King Arthur's knights, and of that bad and evil land where many were brought to shame. **Who acts:** shame, smart, knight, Sir · **What happens:** fall out, bring, mishandle, know, be, ask · **To what, where:** Gawain, nearness, tidings, many · **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 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (shame, smart, knight, Sir), 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:pg8447:7:10 # text = Thus it fell out that they brought Sir Gawain on the horse, sorely wounded and mishandled, within the nearness of half a mile, so that the knight knew he was nigh to the cell of the Hermit of whom at that self-same cross-road he had asked tidings of King Arthur's knights, and of that bad and evil land where many were brought to shame. 1 Thus thus ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:desc _ _ 9 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 sorely sorely ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 wounded wounded ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 conj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 mishandled mishandle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 within within ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 nearness nearness NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 25 det:predet _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 mile mile NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 31 mark _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 fixed _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 34 nigh nigh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 ccomp _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 cell cell NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 Hermit Hermit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 40 nmod _ _ 43 at at ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 44 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 48 nsubj _ _ 45 self self NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 46 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 cross-road cross-road NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 48 acl:relcl _ _ 52 tidings tiding NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 xcomp _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 54 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 compound _ _ 55 Arthur Arthur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 56 's 's PART POS _ 55 case _ _ 57 knights knight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 62 obl _ _ 62 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 64 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 65 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 conj _ _ 66 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 69 advmod _ _ 67 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 nsubj:pass _ _ 68 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 69 aux:pass _ _ 69 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 65 acl:relcl _ _ 70 to to PART TO _ 71 mark _ _ 71 shame shame VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 69 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall out** | past | shame | | | | | thus *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **bring** | past | smart | Gawain Sir | | | | on the horse | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent gawain=Theme on horse=Destination | | 3 | **mishandle** | past | shame *not said here* | the nearness of half mile | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent nearness=Patient | | 4 | **know** | past | the knight | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is** | past | Sir | | | | | to the cell of the Hermit of the cell of the Hermit of the cell; nigh *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past · perfect | Sir | tidings of King Arthur's knights | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent cross-road=Recipient | | 7 | **bring** | past · passive | | many | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **shame** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/7/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/7/11/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/7/)