Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 6, sentence 51

Thus was he of two minds, and thought in his heart that to save himself from shame 'twere best to let his guest depart so soon as he arose, armed in all points as he came thither, and harm him in no wise, but bring him, unhurt by any man, without the borders of his land and his safe conduct, and there bid him farewell and return hither; while that his friends, who would fain see him avenged, waylaid Sir Gawain, and wrought their will upon him, and, if they would, slew him.

Who acts: heart, tale, friends, guest · What happens: be, think, save, let, depart, arise · To what, where: tale, heart, shame, guest, wise

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 (heart, tale, friends, guest), 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	Thus	thus	ADV	_	3 he	advmod
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 he	cop
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 depart	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 minds	case
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 minds	nummod
6	minds	mind	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 he	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 thought	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 thought	cc
9	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 he	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 heart	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 heart	nmod:poss
12	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 thought	obl
13	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 save	nsubj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 save	mark
15	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 heart	acl:relcl
16	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	15 save	obj
17	from	from	ADP	_	18 shame	case
18	shame	shame	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 save	obl
19	'	'	PUNCT	_	21 best	punct
20	twere	twere	ADV	_	21 best	advmod
21	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	18 shame	appos
22	to	to	PART	_	23 let	mark
23	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 best	csubj
24	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 guest	nmod:poss
25	guest	guest	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 let	obj
26	depart	depart	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
27	so	so	ADV	_	28 soon	advmod
28	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	31 arose	advmod
29	as	as	SCONJ	_	31 arose	mark
30	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 arose	nsubj
31	arose	arise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 depart	advcl
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 armed	punct
33	armed	armed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 arose	advcl
34	in	in	ADP	_	36 points	case
35	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	36 points	det
36	points	point	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 armed	obl
37	as	as	SCONJ	_	39 came	mark
38	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 came	nsubj
39	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 arose	advcl
40	thither	thither	ADV	_	39 came	advmod
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 harm	punct
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 harm	cc
43	harm	harm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	26 depart	conj
44	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 harm	obj
45	in	in	ADP	_	47 wise	case
46	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	47 wise	det
47	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 harm	obl
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 bring	punct
49	but	but	CCONJ	_	50 bring	cc
50	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	26 depart	conj
51	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 bring	obj
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 unhurt	punct
53	unhurt	unhurt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 bring	conj
54	by	by	ADP	_	56 man	case
55	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	56 man	det
56	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 bring	obl
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 borders	punct
58	without	without	ADP	_	60 borders	case
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 borders	det
60	borders	border	NOUN	Number=Plur	50 bring	obl
61	of	of	ADP	_	63 land	case
62	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	63 land	nmod:poss
63	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 borders	nmod
64	and	and	CCONJ	_	67 conduct	cc
65	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	67 conduct	nmod:poss
66	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	67 conduct	amod
67	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 land	conj
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 bid	punct
69	and	and	CCONJ	_	71 bid	cc
70	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	71 bid	expl
71	bid	bid	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 depart	parataxis
72	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	71 bid	obj
73	farewell	farewell	ADV	_	71 bid	advmod
74	and	and	CCONJ	_	75 return	cc
75	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	71 bid	conj
76	hither	hither	ADV	_	75 return	advmod
77	;	;	PUNCT	_	86 see	punct
78	while	while	SCONJ	_	86 see	mark
79	that	that	SCONJ	_	86 see	mark
80	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	81 friends	nmod:poss
81	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	86 see	nsubj
82	,	,	PUNCT	_	85 fain	punct
83	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	85 fain	nsubj
84	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	85 fain	aux
85	fain	fain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	81 friends	acl:relcl
86	see	see	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	26 depart	conj
87	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	86 see	obj
88	avenged	avenge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	86 see	xcomp
89	,	,	PUNCT	_	90 waylaid	punct
90	waylaid	waylay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	88 avenged	conj
91	Sir	Sir	PROPN	Number=Sing	92 Gawain	nmod:desc
92	Gawain	Gawain	PROPN	Number=Sing	90 waylaid	obl:agent
93	,	,	PUNCT	_	95 wrought	punct
94	and	and	CCONJ	_	95 wrought	cc
95	wrought	wrought	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	86 see	advcl
96	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	97 will	nmod:poss
97	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	95 wrought	advcl
98	upon	upon	ADP	_	99 him	case
99	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	95 wrought	obl
100	,	,	PUNCT	_	107 slew	punct
101	and	and	CCONJ	_	107 slew	cc
102	,	,	PUNCT	_	101 and	punct
103	if	if	SCONJ	_	105 would	mark
104	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	105 would	nsubj
105	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	107 slew	parataxis
106	,	,	PUNCT	_	105 would	punct
107	slew	slay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	95 wrought	conj
108	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	107 slew	obj
109	.	.	PUNCT	_	26 depart	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	past		tale			of two minds; thus property	tree rules
2	think speech: other	past				tale's heart		vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	save	to-infinitive	tale's heart	tale		shame		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent himself=Theme from shame=Source
4	let	to-infinitive		tale's guest				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guest=Theme
5	depart	present	tale					vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	arise	past	tale				soon property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	come	past	tale				thither property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	harm	infinitive	tale not said here	guest		no wise		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer
9	bring	infinitive	tale not said here		guest		by any man; without the borders of tale's land and tale's safe conduct	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination
10	bid	past		guest		there	farewell property	tree rules
11	return	infinitive					hither property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
12	fain	would	tale's friends					tree rules
13	see	infinitive	tale's friends	guest				tree rules
14	avenge	participle	guest not said here					tree rules
15	waylay	participle	guest not said here				Gawain Sir obl:agent	tree rules
16	wrought	past	tale's friends not said here				upon tale	tree rules
17	slay	past	tale's friends not said here	guest				vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
18	conduct		tale					nom conduct «act 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 6, sentence 51