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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	'	'	PUNCT	_	5 brought	punct
2	Twas	twa	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 brought	nsubj
3	sore	sore	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 need	amod
4	need	need	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Twas	conj
5	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 hear	advcl
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 brought	obj
7	hither	hither	ADV	_	5 brought	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 hear	punct
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 hear	mark
10	ye	ye	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	13 hear	nsubj
11	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 hear	aux
12	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 hear	advmod
13	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
14	:	:	PUNCT	_	19 lost	punct
15	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 lost	nsubj:pass
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 Britain	case
17	Britain	Britain	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 They	nmod
18	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 lost	aux
19	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 hear	parataxis
20	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 Arthur	compound
21	Arthur	Arthur	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 lost	obj
22	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 lord	nmod:poss
23	lord	lord	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 lost	obj
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 danger	punct
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 danger	cc
26	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 danger	cop
27	in	in	ADP	_	29 danger	case
28	sore	sore	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 danger	amod
29	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 lost	parataxis
30	of	of	SCONJ	_	31 losing	mark
31	losing	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	29 danger	acl
32	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	34 land	det:predet
33	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	34 land	nmod:poss
34	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 losing	obj
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 had	punct
36	therefore	therefore	ADV	_	37 had	advmod
37	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 lost	conj
38	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 sent	nsubj
39	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 had	ccomp
40	Sir	Sir	PROPN	Number=Sing	39 sent	obj
41	Gariët	Gariët	PROPN	Number=Sing	40 Sir	flat
42	to	to	PART	_	43 seek	mark
43	seek	seek	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	39 sent	advcl
44	Sir	Sir	PROPN	Number=Sing	45 Gawain	nmod:desc
45	Gawain	Gawain	PROPN	Number=Sing	43 seek	obj
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 peer	punct
47	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 peer	cc
48	Sir	Sir	PROPN	Number=Sing	49 Lancelot	nmod:desc
49	Lancelot	Lancelot	PROPN	Number=Sing	56 peer	nsubj
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 twain	punct
51	since	since	ADP	_	53 twain	case
52	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 twain	nsubj
53	twain	twain	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 Lancelot	appos
54	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 peer	cop
55	without	without	ADP	_	56 peer	case
56	peer	peer	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 had	obl
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 knights	punct
58	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 knights	det
59	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	60 valiant	advmod
60	valiant	valiant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	61 knights	amod
61	knights	knight	NOUN	Number=Plur	56 peer	conj
62	of	of	ADP	_	64 court	case
63	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	64 court	det
64	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 knights	nmod
65	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 hear	punct

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.

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🌲 Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 8, sentence 45

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Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 8, sentence 45