Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 7, sentence 9

To this had they pledged themselves, that they would there slay him without respite or delay; and were it not that 'twere shame to themselves, and too great dishonour to one who bare the name of knight, they had hung him by the neck, on the border of the two lands, to shame King Arthur; so that all his folk who were of the knightly order, and dwelt at his court, and sought for adventure, should shun their land when they heard the tidings of the vengeance wrought by them upon knights-errant who would prove their fate within those borders.

Who acts: smart, neck, folk, errant · What happens: have, pledge, slay, bare, not hang, shame · To what, where: smart, Sir, name, delay, border, King

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 (smart, neck, folk, errant), 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	To	to	ADP	_	2 this	case
2	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 had	obl
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 pledged	nsubj
5	pledged	pledge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 had	ccomp
6	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	5 pledged	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 slay	punct
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 slay	mark
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 slay	nsubj
10	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 slay	aux
11	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 slay	advmod
12	slay	slay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 pledged	conj
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 slay	obj
14	without	without	ADP	_	15 respite	case
15	respite	respite	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 slay	obl
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 delay	cc
17	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 respite	conj
18	;	;	PUNCT	_	45 hung	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 hung	cc
20	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 hung	aux:pass
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 hung	nsubj:pass
22	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	45 hung	advmod
23	that	that	SCONJ	_	45 hung	mark
24	'	'	PUNCT	_	26 shame	punct
25	twere	twere	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 shame	amod
26	shame	shame	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 hung	nsubj:pass
27	to	to	ADP	_	28 themselves	case
28	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	26 shame	nmod
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 dishonour	punct
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 dishonour	cc
31	too	too	ADV	_	32 great	advmod
32	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 dishonour	amod
33	dishonour	dishonour	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 shame	conj
34	to	to	ADP	_	35 one	case
35	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	33 dishonour	nmod
36	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	37 bare	nsubj
37	bare	bare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	35 one	acl:relcl
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 name	det
39	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 bare	obj
40	of	of	ADP	_	41 knight	case
41	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 name	nmod
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 shame	punct
43	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 hung	nsubj:pass
44	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 hung	aux
45	hung	hang	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 had	parataxis
46	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 hung	obj
47	by	by	ADP	_	49 neck	case
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 neck	det
49	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 hung	obl
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 border	punct
51	on	on	ADP	_	53 border	case
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 border	det
53	border	border	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 hung	obl
54	of	of	ADP	_	57 lands	case
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 lands	det
56	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	57 lands	nummod
57	lands	land	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 border	nmod
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 shame	punct
59	to	to	PART	_	60 shame	mark
60	shame	shame	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	45 hung	conj
61	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	60 shame	obj
62	Arthur	Arthur	PROPN	Number=Sing	61 King	flat
63	;	;	PUNCT	_	68 folk	punct
64	so	so	SCONJ	_	68 folk	case
65	that	that	SCONJ	_	64 so	fixed
66	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	68 folk	det:predet
67	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	68 folk	nmod:poss
68	folk	folk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obl
69	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	74 order	nsubj
70	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	74 order	cop
71	of	of	ADP	_	74 order	case
72	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	74 order	det
73	knightly	knightly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	74 order	amod
74	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 folk	acl:relcl
75	,	,	PUNCT	_	77 dwelt	punct
76	and	and	CCONJ	_	77 dwelt	cc
77	dwelt	dwell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 had	conj
78	at	at	ADP	_	80 court	case
79	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	80 court	nmod:poss
80	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	77 dwelt	obl
81	,	,	PUNCT	_	83 sought	punct
82	and	and	CCONJ	_	83 sought	cc
83	sought	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 had	parataxis
84	for	for	ADP	_	85 adventure	case
85	adventure	adventure	NOUN	Number=Sing	83 sought	obl
86	,	,	PUNCT	_	88 shun	punct
87	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	88 shun	aux
88	shun	shun	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	83 sought	conj
89	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	90 land	nmod:poss
90	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	88 shun	obj
91	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	93 heard	advmod
92	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	93 heard	nsubj
93	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	88 shun	advcl
94	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	95 tidings	det
95	tidings	tiding	NOUN	Number=Plur	93 heard	obj
96	of	of	ADP	_	98 vengeance	case
97	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	98 vengeance	det
98	vengeance	vengeance	NOUN	Number=Sing	95 tidings	nmod
99	wrought	wrought	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	95 tidings	acl
100	by	by	ADP	_	101 them	case
101	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	99 wrought	obl
102	upon	upon	ADP	_	103 knights	case
103	knights	knight	NOUN	Number=Plur	99 wrought	obl
104	-	-	PUNCT	_	105 errant	punct
105	errant	errant	NOUN	Number=Sing	103 knights	appos
106	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	108 prove	nsubj
107	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	108 prove	aux
108	prove	prove	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	105 errant	acl:relcl
109	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	110 fate	nmod:poss
110	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	108 prove	obj
111	within	within	ADP	_	113 borders	case
112	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	113 borders	det
113	borders	border	NOUN	Number=Plur	108 prove	obl
114	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	have	past				to this; so Sir's folk	tree rules
2	pledge	past	smart	smart			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme
3	slay	would	smart	Sir	there	without respite or delay	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
4	bare	present		the name of knight		who nsubj	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Patient
5	not hang	past · perfect · passive	the neck	delay	the border of the two lands	twere shame to smart and great dishonour to one nsubj:pass; smart nsubj:pass; Sir obj	vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent subject=Patient he=Result
6	shame	to-infinitive	the neck not said here	King			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus king=Experiencer
7	is	past	Sir's folk			of the knightly order	tree rules
8	dwell	past			Sir's court		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at court=Location
9	seek	past				for adventure	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for adventure=Theme
10	shun	should		smart's land			vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent land=Location
11	hear	past	smart	the tidings of the vengeance			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer tiding=Stimulus
12	wrought	participle		the tidings of the vengeance not said here		by smart; upon knights	tree rules
13	prove	would	errant	smart's fate		within that borders	vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fate=Theme
14	name			knight			nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient
15	fate		smart				nom fate «event 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 7, sentence 9