Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 7, sentence 86

The hermit tended the horses well with all that was needful to them; he bade the lad who served him, as a good man doth his friend, bring forth all the store that he had within, and fetch water from the spring, and warm it to Sir Gawain's liking that he might therewith wash his limbs, and cleanse them from the blood.

Who acts: hermit, all, lad, good man, man, Gawain · What happens: tend, be, bade, serve, do, bring · To what, where: horses, comrades, lad, Hermit, friend, store

This is a sentence of «Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch» by Jessie L. Weston, Opening, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (hermit, all, lad, good man), 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 hermit	det
2	hermit	hermit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tended	nsubj
3	tended	tend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 horses	det
5	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tended	obj
6	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 tended	advmod
7	with	with	SCONJ	_	11 needful	mark
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 needful	nsubj
9	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 needful	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 needful	cop
11	needful	needful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 tended	advcl
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 them	case
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 needful	obl
14	;	;	PUNCT	_	16 bade	punct
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 bade	nsubj
16	bade	bade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 tended	conj
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 lad	det
18	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 bade	obj
19	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 served	nsubj
20	served	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 lad	acl:relcl
21	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 served	obj
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 doth	punct
23	as	as	SCONJ	_	27 doth	mark
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 man	det
25	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 man	amod
26	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 doth	nsubj
27	doth	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 bade	parataxis
28	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	29 friend	nmod:poss
29	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 doth	obj
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 bring	punct
31	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	27 doth	conj
32	forth	forth	ADV	_	31 bring	advmod
33	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	35 store	det:predet
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 store	det
35	store	store	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 bring	obj
36	that	that	SCONJ	_	38 had	mark
37	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 had	nsubj
38	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 bring	advcl
39	within	within	ADP	_	38 had	obl
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 fetch	punct
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 fetch	cc
42	fetch	fetch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 tended	parataxis
43	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 fetch	obj
44	from	from	ADP	_	46 spring	case
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 spring	det
46	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 fetch	obl
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 warm	punct
48	and	and	CCONJ	_	49 warm	cc
49	warm	warm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	42 fetch	conj
50	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 warm	obj
51	to	to	ADP	_	55 liking	case
52	Sir	Sir	PROPN	Number=Sing	53 Gawain	nmod:desc
53	Gawain	Gawain	PROPN	Number=Sing	55 liking	nsubj
54	's	's	PART	_	53 Gawain	case
55	liking	like	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	49 warm	advcl
56	that	that	SCONJ	_	60 wash	mark
57	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	60 wash	nsubj
58	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	60 wash	aux
59	therewith	therewith	ADV	_	60 wash	advmod
60	wash	wash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	55 liking	advcl
61	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	62 limbs	nmod:poss
62	limbs	limb	NOUN	Number=Plur	60 wash	obj
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 cleanse	punct
64	and	and	CCONJ	_	65 cleanse	cc
65	cleanse	cleanse	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	49 warm	conj
66	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	65 cleanse	obj
67	from	from	ADP	_	69 blood	case
68	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	69 blood	det
69	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 cleanse	obl
70	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 tended	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tend	past	the hermit	the horses				well property	vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme
2	is	past	all		comrades = comrade			that nsubj; needful property	tree rules
3	bade	past	Hermit	the lad					tree rules
4	serve	past	the lad	Hermit					vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Attribute
5	do	present	a good man	man's friend					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Eventuality
6	bring	infinitive	a good man not said here	all store				forth property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent store=Theme
7	have	past	man						vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
8	fetch	present		water			spring		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme
9	warm	infinitive		water					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient
10	like	gerund	Gawain Sir						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
11	wash	might	Gawain	Sir's limbs				therewith property	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent limb=Patient
12	cleanse	infinitive		comrades = comrade		the blood			vn groom-41.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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 7, sentence 86