Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 3, sentence 1

The knight and Sir Lancelot, neither would yield to the other till Sir Gawain parted them by his prayer, and made them withdraw each from the other, for great pity he deemed it should either there be slain; yet so fell were the blows that they smote, and so great their wrath withal, that he saw well did the strife endure but short while longer they had received such wounds as should be the death of one, or it might well be of both.

Who acts: knight, Sir, strife · What happens: yield, part, make, withdraw, deem, slay · To what, where: knight, each, other, pity, blows, such wounds

This is a sentence of «Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch» by Jessie L. Weston, Opening, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (knight, Sir, strife), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 knight	det
2	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 yield	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 Sir	cc
4	Sir	Sir	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 knight	conj
5	Lancelot	Lancelot	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Sir	flat
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 yield	punct
7	neither	neither	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	9 yield	cc:preconj
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 yield	aux
9	yield	yield	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 other	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 other	det
12	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 yield	obl
13	till	till	SCONJ	_	16 parted	mark
14	Sir	Sir	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 parted	nsubj
15	Gawain	Gawain	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Sir	flat
16	parted	part	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 yield	advcl
17	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 parted	obj
18	by	by	ADP	_	20 prayer	case
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 prayer	nmod:poss
20	prayer	prayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 parted	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 made	punct
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 made	cc
23	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 yield	parataxis
24	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 made	obj
25	withdraw	withdraw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 made	xcomp
26	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	25 withdraw	obj
27	from	from	ADP	_	29 other	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 other	det
29	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 withdraw	obl
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 deemed	punct
31	for	for	ADP	_	33 pity	case
32	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 pity	amod
33	pity	pity	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 deemed	obl
34	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 deemed	nsubj
35	deemed	deem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 made	conj
36	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	41 slain	nsubj:pass
37	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	41 slain	aux
38	either	either	ADV	PronType=Ind	41 slain	advmod
39	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	41 slain	advmod
40	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	41 slain	aux:pass
41	slain	slay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	35 deemed	ccomp
42	;	;	PUNCT	_	45 fell	punct
43	yet	yet	CCONJ	_	45 fell	cc
44	so	so	ADV	_	45 fell	advmod
45	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 yield	parataxis
46	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	48 blows	cop
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 blows	det
48	blows	blow	NOUN	Number=Plur	45 fell	obj
49	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	51 smote	obj
50	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 smote	nsubj
51	smote	smite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	48 blows	acl:relcl
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 great	punct
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	55 great	cc
54	so	so	ADV	_	55 great	advmod
55	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 fell	conj
56	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	57 wrath	nmod:poss
57	wrath	wrath	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 great	conj
58	withal	withal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	57 wrath	amod
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 saw	punct
60	that	that	SCONJ	_	62 saw	mark
61	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	62 saw	nsubj
62	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	67 endure	advcl
63	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	62 saw	advmod
64	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	67 endure	aux
65	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	66 strife	det
66	strife	strife	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 endure	nsubj
67	endure	endure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 yield	parataxis
68	but	but	CCONJ	_	69 short	cc
69	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	67 endure	conj
70	while	while	SCONJ	_	74 received	mark
71	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	74 received	advmod
72	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	74 received	nsubj
73	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	74 received	aux
74	received	receive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	69 short	advcl
75	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	76 wounds	amod
76	wounds	wound	NOUN	Number=Plur	74 received	obj
77	as	as	SCONJ	_	81 death	mark
78	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	81 death	aux
79	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	81 death	cop
80	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	81 death	det
81	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 received	advcl
82	of	of	ADP	_	83 one	case
83	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	81 death	nmod
84	,	,	PUNCT	_	91 both	punct
85	or	or	CCONJ	_	91 both	cc
86	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	91 both	nsubj
87	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	91 both	aux
88	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	91 both	advmod
89	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	91 both	cop
90	of	of	ADP	_	91 both	case
91	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	69 short	obl
92	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 yield	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	yield	would	the knight and Sir			to the other	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to other=Theme
2	part	past	Sir	knight		by Sir's prayer	vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
3	make	past		knight			tree rules
4	withdraw	infinitive	knight not said here	each	the other		vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent each=Theme from other=Initial_Location
5	deem	past	Sir			for great pity	vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
6	slay	should · passive		pity	there	either property	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
7	fall	past					vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	is a	past		the blows			tree rules
9	smite	past	knight	the blows			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus that=Experiencer
10	see	past	Sir			well property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
11	endure	past · do-support	the strife				vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
12	receive	past · perfect	knight	such wounds		long property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wound=Theme
13	is a	should	knight not said here	the death		of one	tree rules
14	pray		Sir				nom prayer «act intransitive»: poss=agent

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 3, sentence 1

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Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 3, sentence 1