Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 6, sentence 63

When the seneschal who had wrought this treason had brought Sir Gawain's weapons and his horse that had been well cared for that night--they deemed it should be theirs ere long, 'twas a strong steed and well standing, and since they thought to have their pleasure of it they gave it provender enow--the host bade them undo the door and hold Sir Gawain's steed there without.

Who acts: seneschal, weapons, treason, host, girths · What happens: wrought, bring, care, deem, be, stand · To what, where: treason, seneschal, horse, twas, girths, strong steed

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 (seneschal, weapons, treason, host), 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	When	when	SCONJ	_	10 brought	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 seneschal	det
3	seneschal	seneschal	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 brought	nsubj:pass
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 wrought	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 wrought	aux
6	wrought	wrought	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 seneschal	acl:relcl
7	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 treason	det
8	treason	treason	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wrought	obj
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 brought	aux
10	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
11	Sir	Sir	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Gawain	nmod:desc
12	Gawain	Gawain	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 weapons	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 Gawain	case
14	weapons	weapon	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 brought	obj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 horse	cc
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 horse	nmod:poss
17	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 weapons	conj
18	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	22 cared	nsubj:pass
19	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 cared	aux
20	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	22 cared	aux:pass
21	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	22 cared	advmod
22	cared	care	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 horse	acl:relcl
23	for	for	ADP	_	25 night	case
24	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	25 night	det
25	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 cared	obl
26	--	--	PUNCT	_	28 deemed	punct
27	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 deemed	nsubj
28	deemed	deem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 brought	conj
29	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 theirs	nsubj
30	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	32 theirs	aux
31	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	32 theirs	cop
32	theirs	their	PRON	Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	28 deemed	ccomp
33	ere	ere	ADV	_	34 long	advmod
34	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	28 deemed	advmod
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 twas	punct
36	'	'	PUNCT	_	37 twas	punct
37	twas	twa	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 deemed	obl
38	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	40 steed	det
39	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 steed	amod
40	steed	steed	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 twas	nmod
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 standing	cc
42	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	43 standing	advmod
43	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	40 steed	conj
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 thought	punct
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 thought	cc
46	since	since	SCONJ	_	48 thought	mark
47	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 thought	nsubj
48	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 steed	acl
49	to	to	PART	_	50 have	mark
50	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	48 thought	xcomp
51	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	52 pleasure	nmod:poss
52	pleasure	pleasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 have	obj
53	of	of	ADP	_	54 it	case
54	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 pleasure	nmod
55	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 gave	nsubj
56	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	52 pleasure	acl:relcl
57	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 gave	obj
58	provender	provender	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	56 gave	xcomp
59	enow	enow	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 provender	obj
60	--	--	PUNCT	_	63 bade	punct
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 host	det
62	host	host	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 bade	nsubj
63	bade	bade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	59 enow	acl:relcl
64	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	63 bade	obj
65	undo	undo	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	63 bade	xcomp
66	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	67 door	det
67	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 undo	obj
68	and	and	CCONJ	_	69 hold	cc
69	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	65 undo	conj
70	Sir	Sir	PROPN	Number=Sing	71 Gawain	nmod:desc
71	Gawain	Gawain	PROPN	Number=Sing	73 steed	nmod:poss
72	's	's	PART	_	71 Gawain	case
73	steed	steed	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 hold	obj
74	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	69 hold	advmod
75	without	without	ADP	_	69 hold	obl
76	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 brought	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wrought	past · perfect	the seneschal	this treason				tree rules
2	bring	past · perfect · passive		the seneschal			Gawain Sir's weapons and seneschal's horse obj	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Destination weapon=Theme
3	care	past · perfect · passive		seneschal's horse		night	well property	tree rules
4	deem	past	weapons = weapon	twas a strong steed			long property	vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
5	is a	should	treason	girths = girth				tree rules
6	stand	gerund	weapons = weapon not said here				well property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	think speech: other	past	weapons = weapon	a strong steed not said here				vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent steed=Attribute clause=Theme
8	have	to-infinitive	weapons = weapon not said here	girths's pleasure of treason				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pleasure=Patient
9	give	past	weapons = weapon	treason				tree rules
10	provender	infinitive	weapons = weapon not said here	enow				tree rules
11	bade	past	the host	weapons = weapon				tree rules
12	undo	infinitive	the host not said here	the door				vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient
13	hold	infinitive	the host not said here	Gawain Sir's steed	there			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent steed=Theme
14	please		girths = girth	treason				nom pleasure «feeling transitive»: poss=agent 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 63

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Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 6, sentence 63