--- title: Forthwith they betook them to fight, and dealt each other fierce thr… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Forthwith they betook them to fight, and dealt each other fierce thrusts, with mighty and strong strokes, so that one saw their blood stream out through the mails of their hauberk, and the sparks sprang out when the helmets were smitten till they seemed to glow even as doth hot iron when it be thrus --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/5/41/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered in…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/) / [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/5/) / 41 # Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 5, sentence 41 Forthwith they betook them to fight, and dealt each other fierce thrusts, with mighty and strong strokes, so that one saw their blood stream out through the mails of their hauberk, and the sparks sprang out when the helmets were smitten till they seemed to glow even as doth hot iron when it be thrust into the furnace, and waxeth red from the fire; so fierce were the blows which each dealt to the other. **Who acts:** feet, one, blood, sparks · **What happens:** betake, fight, deal, see, stream out, spring out · **To what, where:** men, other fierce thrusts, mails, helmets, furnace, hot iron · **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 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (feet, one, blood, sparks), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg8447:5:41 # text = Forthwith they betook them to fight, and dealt each other fierce thrusts, with mighty and strong strokes, so that one saw their blood stream out through the mails of their hauberk, and the sparks sprang out when the helmets were smitten till they seemed to glow even as doth hot iron when it be thrust into the furnace, and waxeth red from the fire; so fierce were the blows which each dealt to the other. 1 Forthwith forthwith ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 betook betake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 dealt deal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 13 det _ _ 11 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 12 fierce fierce ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 thrusts thrust NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 conj _ _ 19 strokes stroke NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 24 mark _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 fixed _ _ 23 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nsubj _ _ 24 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 25 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 stream stream VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 ccomp _ _ 28 out out ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 29 through through ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 mails mail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 hauberk hauberk NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 sparks spark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj _ _ 39 sprang spring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 40 out out ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 45 advmod _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 helmets helmet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 44 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 smitten smite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 advcl _ _ 46 till till SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 47 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 ccomp _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 glow glow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 xcomp _ _ 51 even even ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 52 as as ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 doth do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 advcl _ _ 54 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 56 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 59 advmod _ _ 57 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 58 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 59 cop _ _ 59 thrust thrust NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 60 into into ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 furnace furnace NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 65 waxeth wax VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 66 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 xcomp _ _ 67 from from ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 ; ; PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 71 so so ADV RB _ 72 advmod _ _ 72 fierce fierce ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 75 amod _ _ 73 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 75 cop _ _ 74 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 75 blows blow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 76 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 78 nsubj:pass _ _ 77 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 78 nsubj:pass _ _ 78 dealt deal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 75 acl:relcl _ _ 79 to to ADP IN _ 81 case _ _ 80 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 81 det _ _ 81 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 78 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 82 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **betake** | past | feet *= foot* | men *= man* | | | | forthwith *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **fight** | to-infinitive | feet *= foot* *not said here* | | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **deal** | past | feet *= foot* *not said here* | each other fierce thrusts | | | | with mighty strokes | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thrust=Theme | | 4 | **see** | past | one | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **stream out** | present | feet's blood | | | the mails of feet's hauberk | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through mail=Location | | 6 | **spring out** | past | the sparks | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **smite** | past · passive | | the helmets | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **seem** | past | feet *= foot* | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 9 | **glow** | to-infinitive | feet *= foot* *not said here* | | | the furnace | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **do** | present | feet *= foot* *not said here* | hot iron | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent iron=Eventuality | | 11 | **is a** | infinitive | blood | thrust | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **wax** | present | feet *= foot* *not said here* | | | | | red *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 13 | **is a** | past | | the fierce blows | | | | | tree rules | | 14 | **deal** | participle · passive | | the fierce blows | the other | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to other=Recipient | | 15 | **mail** | | | feet's hauberk | | | | | nom mail «communication 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. 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