Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 4, sentence 82

He looked before and behind and saw no bridge, great or small, by which he might cross over, nor saw he living soul of whom he might ask, then did he delay no longer, but turned his bridle, and set his horse toward the river bank; he struck his spurs sharply and sprang into the midst of the stream.

Who acts: Gawain · What happens: look, see, cross over, live, ask, delay · To what, where: bridge, soul, bridle, horse, spurs, midst

This is a sentence of «Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch» by Jessie L. Weston, Opening, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Gawain), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 looked	nsubj
2	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	before	before	ADV	_	2 looked	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 behind	cc
5	behind	behind	ADV	_	3 before	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 saw	cc
7	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 looked	conj
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 bridge	det
9	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 saw	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 great	punct
11	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 bridge	amod
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 small	cc
13	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 great	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 cross	punct
15	by	by	ADP	_	16 which	case
16	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 cross	obl
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 cross	nsubj
18	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 cross	aux
19	cross	cross	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 saw	conj
20	over	over	ADV	_	19 cross	advmod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 saw	punct
22	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	23 saw	cc
23	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 looked	parataxis
24	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 living	nsubj
25	living	live	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	23 saw	xcomp
26	soul	soul	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 living	obj
27	of	of	ADP	_	28 whom	case
28	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	26 soul	nmod
29	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 ask	nsubj
30	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	31 ask	aux
31	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	28 whom	acl:relcl
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 delay	punct
33	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	36 delay	advmod
34	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 delay	aux
35	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 delay	nsubj
36	delay	delay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	25 living	advcl
37	no	no	ADV	_	38 longer	advmod
38	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	36 delay	advmod
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 turned	punct
40	but	but	CCONJ	_	41 turned	cc
41	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 saw	conj
42	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	43 bridle	nmod:poss
43	bridle	bridle	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 turned	obj
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 set	punct
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 set	cc
46	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 saw	conj
47	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	48 horse	nmod:poss
48	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 set	obj
49	toward	toward	ADP	_	52 bank	case
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 bank	det
51	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 bank	compound
52	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 set	obl
53	;	;	PUNCT	_	55 struck	punct
54	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	55 struck	nsubj
55	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 looked	parataxis
56	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	57 spurs	nmod:poss
57	spurs	spur	NOUN	Number=Plur	55 struck	obj
58	sharply	sharply	ADV	_	55 struck	advmod
59	and	and	CCONJ	_	60 sprang	cc
60	sprang	spring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	55 struck	conj
61	into	into	ADP	_	63 midst	case
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 midst	det
63	midst	midst	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 sprang	obl
64	of	of	ADP	_	66 stream	case
65	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	66 stream	det
66	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 midst	nmod
67	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 looked	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past	Gawain				before property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	see	past	Gawain not said here	no bridge				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bridge=Stimulus
3	cross over	might	Gawain				which obl; over property	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	see	past						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
5	live	gerund	Gawain	soul				vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme soul=Location
6	ask speech: ask	might	Gawain					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	delay	past · do-support	Gawain			then	long property	vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
8	turn	past		Gawain's bridle				vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent bridle=Theme
9	set	past		Gawain's horse			toward the river bank	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient horse=Result
10	strike	past	Gawain	Gawain's spurs			sharply property	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spur=Patient
11	spring	past	Gawain not said here		the midst of the stream			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into midst=Destination
12	spur		Gawain					nom spur «communication transitive»: 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 4, sentence 82