Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 2, sentence 19

Now is it three days past since, as I fared on my way, a knight met me, and I deemed his steed so good that I coveted it above all things, but when I laid hands upon the bridle and bade the knight dismount then was he ready with his sword and repaid me with such a blow that I forgot who I was and all that had befallen me; so fierce was the stroke he dealt me!

Who acts: many, I, knight, that · What happens: be, fare, meet, deem, covet, lay · To what, where: three days, way, me, steed, many, things

This is a sentence of «Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch» by Jessie L. Weston, Opening, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (many, I, knight, that), 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	Now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 days	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 days	cop
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 days	nsubj
4	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 days	nummod
5	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	past	past	ADV	_	7 since	advmod
7	since	since	ADV	_	5 days	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 fared	punct
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 fared	mark
10	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 fared	nsubj
11	fared	fare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 days	parataxis
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 way	case
13	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 way	nmod:poss
14	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 fared	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 met	punct
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 knight	det
17	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 met	nsubj
18	met	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 way	acl:relcl
19	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	18 met	obj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 deemed	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 deemed	cc
22	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	23 deemed	nsubj
23	deemed	deem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 fared	conj
24	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 steed	nmod:poss
25	steed	steed	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 deemed	obj
26	so	so	ADV	_	27 good	advmod
27	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 deemed	xcomp
28	that	that	SCONJ	_	30 coveted	mark
29	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	30 coveted	nsubj
30	coveted	covet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 good	advcl
31	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 coveted	obj
32	above	above	ADP	_	34 things	case
33	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	34 things	det
34	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 coveted	obl
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 repaid	punct
36	but	but	CCONJ	_	57 repaid	cc
37	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	39 laid	advmod
38	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	39 laid	nsubj
39	laid	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	57 repaid	advcl
40	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	39 laid	obj
41	upon	upon	ADP	_	43 bridle	case
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 bridle	det
43	bridle	bridle	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 laid	obl
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 bade	cc
45	bade	bade	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 bridle	conj
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 dismount	det
47	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 dismount	compound
48	dismount	dismount	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 bade	appos
49	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	52 ready	advmod
50	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	52 ready	cop
51	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 ready	nsubj
52	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 laid	advcl
53	with	with	ADP	_	55 sword	case
54	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	55 sword	nmod:poss
55	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 ready	obl
56	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 laid	cc
57	repaid	repay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 fared	conj
58	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	57 repaid	obj
59	with	with	ADP	_	62 blow	case
60	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	62 blow	det:predet
61	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	62 blow	det
62	blow	blow	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 repaid	obl
63	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	65 forgot	obj
64	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	65 forgot	nsubj
65	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	62 blow	acl:relcl
66	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	65 forgot	parataxis
67	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	66 who	nsubj
68	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	66 who	cop
69	and	and	CCONJ	_	73 befallen	cc
70	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	73 befallen	det:predet
71	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	73 befallen	nsubj
72	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	73 befallen	aux
73	befallen	befall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	65 forgot	conj
74	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	73 befallen	obj
75	;	;	PUNCT	_	80 stroke	punct
76	so	so	ADV	_	77 fierce	advmod
77	fierce	fierce	ADJ	Degree=Pos	80 stroke	amod
78	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	80 stroke	cop
79	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	80 stroke	det
80	stroke	stroke	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 days	conj
81	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	82 dealt	nsubj
82	dealt	deal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	80 stroke	acl:relcl
83	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	82 dealt	obj
84	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 days	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	many	three days and the fierce stroke			now	since property	tree rules
2	fare	past	I			my way			tree rules
3	meet	past	a knight	me					vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Co-Agent
4	deem	past	I	knight's steed				good property	vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent steed=Attribute
5	covet	past	I	many		all things			vn want-32.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme
6	lay	past	I	hands		the bridle and bade			vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hand=Theme upon bridle=Destination
7	is	past	knight				then	with knight's sword; ready property	tree rules
8	repay	past	I not said here		me			with such blow	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient with blow=Theme
9	forget	past	I	such blow					tree rules
10	is a	past	I	such blow					tree rules
11	befall	past · perfect	that	me					tree rules
12	is a	past	many not said here	the fierce stroke					tree rules
13	deal	past	knight	me					vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme

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 2, sentence 19