Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 11, sentence 5

And Lancelot smote at the monster so that his spear brake in twain, yet had he not bruised it a whit, or pierced its hide; then he drew forth his sword and smote with great force, but he harmed it not, and it seized Lancelot by the throat and scored him in such wise that the knight was wroth thereof, for it tare a great rent through the hauberk even to the flesh, and wounded him sore.

Who acts: Lancelot, beast, knight · What happens: smite, have, not bruise, pierce, draw, smote · To what, where: beast, hide, sword, Lancelot, such wise, great rent

This is a sentence of «Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch» by Jessie L. Weston, Opening, part 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Lancelot, beast, knight), 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	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 smote	cc
2	Lancelot	Lancelot	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 smote	nsubj
3	smote	smite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 monster	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 monster	det
6	monster	monster	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 smote	obl
7	so	so	SCONJ	_	11 brake	case
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 so	fixed
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 brake	nmod:poss
10	spear	spear	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 brake	compound
11	brake	brake	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 smote	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 twain	case
13	twain	twain	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 brake	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 had	punct
15	yet	yet	CCONJ	_	16 had	cc
16	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 smote	conj
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 bruised	nsubj
18	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 bruised	advmod
19	bruised	bruise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 had	ccomp
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 bruised	obj
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 whit	det
22	whit	whit	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 bruised	obj
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 pierced	punct
24	or	or	CCONJ	_	25 pierced	cc
25	pierced	pierce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 bruised	conj
26	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 hide	nmod:poss
27	hide	hide	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 pierced	obj
28	;	;	PUNCT	_	31 drew	punct
29	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	31 drew	advmod
30	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 drew	nsubj
31	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 smote	parataxis
32	forth	forth	ADV	_	31 drew	advmod
33	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	34 sword	nmod:poss
34	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 drew	obj
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 smote	cc
36	smote	smote	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	31 drew	conj
37	with	with	ADP	_	39 force	case
38	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 force	amod
39	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 smote	obl
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 harmed	punct
41	but	but	CCONJ	_	43 harmed	cc
42	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 harmed	nsubj
43	harmed	harm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 drew	conj
44	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 harmed	obj
45	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	43 harmed	advmod
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 seized	punct
47	and	and	CCONJ	_	49 seized	cc
48	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 seized	nsubj
49	seized	seize	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 drew	conj
50	Lancelot	Lancelot	PROPN	Number=Sing	49 seized	obj
51	by	by	ADP	_	53 throat	case
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 throat	det
53	throat	throat	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 seized	obl
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	55 scored	cc
55	scored	score	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	49 seized	conj
56	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	55 scored	obj
57	in	in	ADP	_	59 wise	case
58	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 wise	amod
59	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 scored	obl
60	that	that	SCONJ	_	64 wroth	mark
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 knight	det
62	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 wroth	nsubj
63	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	64 wroth	cop
64	wroth	wroth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 scored	advcl
65	thereof	thereof	ADV	_	64 wroth	advmod
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	69 tare	punct
67	for	for	SCONJ	_	69 tare	mark
68	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	69 tare	nsubj
69	tare	tare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	64 wroth	conj
70	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	72 rent	det
71	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	72 rent	amod
72	rent	rent	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 tare	obj
73	through	through	ADP	_	75 hauberk	case
74	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	75 hauberk	det
75	hauberk	hauberk	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 tare	obl
76	even	even	ADV	_	79 flesh	advmod
77	to	to	ADP	_	79 flesh	case
78	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	79 flesh	det
79	flesh	flesh	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 tare	obl
80	,	,	PUNCT	_	82 wounded	punct
81	and	and	CCONJ	_	82 wounded	cc
82	wounded	wound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 drew	conj
83	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	82 wounded	obj
84	sore	sore	ADJ	Degree=Pos	82 wounded	xcomp
85	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 smote	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smite	past	Lancelot				at the monster; so Lancelot's spear brake in twain	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	have	past	Lancelot not said here					tree rules
3	not bruise	past	Lancelot	beast			a whit obj	tree rules
4	pierce	participle	Lancelot not said here	beast's hide				vn poke-19-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hide=Patient
5	draw	past	Lancelot	Lancelot's sword		then	forth property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme
6	smote	infinitive	Lancelot not said here				with great force	tree rules
7	not harm	past	Lancelot	beast				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer
8	seize	past	beast	Lancelot			by the throat	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lancelot=Theme
9	score	past	beast not said here	Lancelot	such wise			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
10	is	past	the knight				thereof, wroth property	tree rules
11	tare	infinitive	beast	a great rent	the hauberk		to the flesh	tree rules
12	wound	past	Lancelot not said here	Lancelot			sore property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=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.

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Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 11, sentence 5