Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 6, sentence 49

Said the host, their lord, did he let the guest, whom he held there captive, and who had smitten his son to death, depart in safety, "Men would say I were but a coward, and durst not avenge myself, and would speak scorn of me; so many have seen how the matter fell out that it may not well remain hidden.

Who acts: host, Men, many, matter · What happens: say, let, hold, smite, depart, be · To what, where: guest, son, safety, coward, durst, scorn · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch» by Jessie L. Weston, Opening, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (host, Men, many, matter), 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	Said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 host	det
3	host	host	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Said	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 lord	punct
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 lord	nmod:poss
6	lord	lord	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 host	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 let	punct
8	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 let	aux
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 let	nsubj
10	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Said	ccomp
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 guest	det
12	guest	guest	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 let	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 held	punct
14	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 held	obj
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 held	nsubj
16	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 guest	acl:relcl
17	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 held	advmod
18	captive	captive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 held	xcomp
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 smitten	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 smitten	cc
21	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	23 smitten	nsubj
22	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 smitten	aux
23	smitten	smite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	1 Said	conj
24	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 son	nmod:poss
25	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 smitten	obj
26	to	to	ADP	_	27 death	case
27	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 smitten	obl
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 depart	punct
29	depart	depart	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Said	ccomp
30	in	in	ADP	_	31 safety	case
31	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 depart	obl
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 say	punct
33	"	"	PUNCT	_	36 say	punct
34	Men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 say	nsubj
35	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	36 say	aux
36	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	29 depart	parataxis
37	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	41 coward	nsubj
38	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 coward	cop
39	but	but	CCONJ	_	41 coward	cc
40	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	41 coward	det
41	coward	coward	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 say	ccomp
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 avenge	punct
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 avenge	cc
44	durst	durst	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 avenge	obl
45	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	46 avenge	advmod
46	avenge	avenge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Said	parataxis
47	myself	myself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	46 avenge	obj
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 speak	punct
49	and	and	CCONJ	_	51 speak	cc
50	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	51 speak	aux
51	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	46 avenge	conj
52	scorn	scorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 speak	obj
53	of	of	ADP	_	54 me	case
54	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	52 scorn	nmod
55	;	;	PUNCT	_	59 seen	punct
56	so	so	ADV	_	57 many	advmod
57	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 seen	nsubj
58	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	59 seen	aux
59	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	1 Said	conj
60	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	63 fell	advmod
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 matter	det
62	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 fell	nsubj
63	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	59 seen	advcl
64	out	out	ADP	_	63 fell	compound:prt
65	that	that	SCONJ	_	70 remain	mark
66	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	70 remain	nsubj
67	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	70 remain	aux
68	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	70 remain	advmod
69	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	70 remain	advmod
70	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	63 fell	advcl
71	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	70 remain	xcomp
72	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the host and friends's lord				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	let	past · do-support	host	the guest			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guest=Theme
3	hold	past	host	the guest	there	captive property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Theme
4	smite	past · perfect		host's son		to death result; who nsubj	vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent son=Patient to death=Result
5	depart	present			safety		tree rules
6	say speech: assert in a quote	would	Men				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
7	is a in a quote	past	the host and friends's lord = host	a coward			tree rules
8	not avenge in a quote	present		durst		myself obj	tree rules
9	speak speech: other in a quote	would		scorn of me			tree rules
10	see in a quote	present · perfect	many				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
11	fall out in a quote	past	the matter				vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
12	not remain in a quote	may	matter			well property	tree rules
13	hide in a quote	participle	matter not said here				vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
14	scorn in a quote			me			nom scorn «feeling transitive»: of=patient

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 6, sentence 49