--- title: 'Twas sore need brought him hither, as ye shall now hear: They of Br… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: 'Twas sore need brought him hither, as ye shall now hear: They of Britain had lost King Arthur their lord, and were in sore danger of losing all their land, therefore had they sent Sir Gariët to seek Sir Gawain, and Sir Lancelot, since they twain were without peer, the most valiant knights of the co --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/8/45/) [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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/8/) / 45 # Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 8, sentence 45 'Twas sore need brought him hither, as ye shall now hear: They of Britain had lost King Arthur their lord, and were in sore danger of losing all their land, therefore had they sent Sir Gariët to seek Sir Gawain, and Sir Lancelot, since they twain were without peer, the most valiant knights of the court. **Who acts:** Twas, ye, sore danger, Lancelot · **What happens:** bring, hear, lose, be, have, send · **To what, where:** Sir, twas, sore danger, land, Gawain This is a sentence of «Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch» by Jessie L. Weston, Opening, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Twas, ye, sore danger, Lancelot), 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:pg8447:8:45 # text = 'Twas sore need brought him hither, as ye shall now hear: They of Britain had lost King Arthur their lord, and were in sore danger of losing all their land, therefore had they sent Sir Gariët to seek Sir Gawain, and Sir Lancelot, since they twain were without peer, the most valiant knights of the court. 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Twas twa NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 sore sore ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 need need NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 5 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 hither hither ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 nsubj _ _ 11 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advmod _ _ 13 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 14 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 15 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Britain Britain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 parataxis _ _ 20 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 Arthur Arthur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 sore sore ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 parataxis _ _ 30 of of SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 31 losing lose VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 29 acl _ _ 32 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 34 det:predet _ _ 33 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 ccomp _ _ 40 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 41 Gariët Gariët PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 flat _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ _ 44 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nmod:desc _ _ 45 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 48 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nmod:desc _ _ 49 Lancelot Lancelot PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 since since ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 twain twain NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 appos _ _ 54 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 cop _ _ 55 without without ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 peer peer NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 59 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 60 advmod _ _ 60 valiant valiant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 knights knight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 conj _ _ 62 of of ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | past | Twas and sore need | | Sir | | | hither *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | | 2 | **hear** | shall | ye | | | | now | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **lose** | past · perfect · passive | | twas *= twa* | | | | King Arthur *obj*; need's lord *obj* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | past | | | | sore danger | | | tree rules | | 5 | **lose** | gerund | sore danger *not said here* | need's land | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Eventuality | | 6 | **have** | past | | | | | | therefore *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **send** | past | twas *= twa* | Sir | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sir=Theme | | 8 | **seek** | to-infinitive | twas *= twa* *not said here* | Gawain Sir | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gawain=Theme | | 9 | **is** | past | Lancelot Sir | | | | | without peer and the valiant knights of the court; the valiant knights of the court *conj* | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/8/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/8/46/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/8/)