Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 1, sentence 32
Thus, in the Dutch _Lancelot_ we have not only the latter portion of the _Lancelot_ proper, the _Queste_, and the _Morte Arthur_, the ordinary component parts of the prose _Lancelot_ in its most fully developed form, but also a portion of a _Perceval_ romance, having for its basis a version near akin to, if not identical with, the poem of Chrétien de Troyes, and a group of episodic romances, some of considerable length, the majority of which have not yet been discovered elsewhere.
Who acts: we, Morte romance, Prose · What happens: have, develop, not discover, form · To what, where: latter portion, Dutch Lancelot, version, akin
This is a sentence of «Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch» by Jessie L. Weston, Opening, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (we, Morte romance, Prose), 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 | _ | 10 have | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Thus | punct |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 Lancelot | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Lancelot | det |
| 5 | Dutch | dutch | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 Lancelot | amod |
| 6 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 5 Dutch | punct |
| 7 | Lancelot | Lancelot | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 have | obl |
| 8 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 7 Lancelot | punct |
| 9 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 have | nsubj |
| 10 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 portion | advmod |
| 12 | only | only | ADV | _ | 15 portion | advmod |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 portion | det |
| 14 | latter | latter | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 portion | amod |
| 15 | portion | portion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 have | obj |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 Lancelot | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 Lancelot | det |
| 18 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 19 Lancelot | punct |
| 19 | Lancelot | Lancelot | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 portion | nmod |
| 20 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 19 Lancelot | punct |
| 21 | proper | properly | ADV | _ | 25 Queste | advmod |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 proper | punct |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 Queste | det |
| 24 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 25 Queste | punct |
| 25 | Queste | Queste | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 Lancelot | conj |
| 26 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 10 have | discourse |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 61 romance | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 61 romance | cc |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 Morte | det |
| 30 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 31 Morte | punct |
| 31 | Morte | Morte | PROPN | Number=Sing | 61 romance | compound |
| 32 | Arthur | Arthur | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 Morte | flat |
| 33 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 31 Morte | punct |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 parts | punct |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 parts | det |
| 36 | ordinary | ordinary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 parts | amod |
| 37 | component | component | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 parts | compound |
| 38 | parts | part | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 Morte | nmod |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 prose | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 prose | det |
| 41 | prose | prose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 parts | nmod |
| 42 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 43 Lancelot | punct |
| 43 | Lancelot | Lancelot | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 Morte | conj |
| 44 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 50 form | punct |
| 45 | in | in | ADP | _ | 50 form | case |
| 46 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 50 form | nmod:poss |
| 47 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 48 fully | advmod |
| 48 | fully | fully | ADV | _ | 49 developed | advmod |
| 49 | developed | develop | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 50 form | amod |
| 50 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 Morte | appos |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 portion | punct |
| 52 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 55 portion | cc |
| 53 | also | also | ADV | _ | 55 portion | advmod |
| 54 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 55 portion | det |
| 55 | portion | portion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 Morte | appos |
| 56 | of | of | ADP | _ | 59 Perceval | case |
| 57 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 59 Perceval | det |
| 58 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 59 Perceval | punct |
| 59 | Perceval | Perceval | PROPN | Number=Sing | 55 portion | nmod |
| 60 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 31 Morte | punct |
| 61 | romance | romance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 have | obl |
| 62 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 63 having | punct |
| 63 | having | have | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 61 romance | acl |
| 64 | for | for | ADP | _ | 66 basis | case |
| 65 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 66 basis | nmod:poss |
| 66 | basis | basis | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 having | obl |
| 67 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 68 version | det |
| 68 | version | version | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 having | obj |
| 69 | near | near | ADP | _ | 70 akin | case |
| 70 | akin | akin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 version | nmod |
| 71 | to | to | ADP | _ | 63 having | obl |
| 72 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 75 identical | punct |
| 73 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 75 identical | mark |
| 74 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 75 identical | advmod |
| 75 | identical | identical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 63 having | conj |
| 76 | with | with | ADP | _ | 79 poem | case |
| 77 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 76 with | punct |
| 78 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 79 poem | det |
| 79 | poem | poem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 75 identical | obl |
| 80 | of | of | ADP | _ | 83 Troyes | case |
| 81 | Chrétien | Chrétien | PROPN | Number=Sing | 83 Troyes | compound |
| 82 | de | de | PROPN | Number=Sing | 81 Chrétien | flat |
| 83 | Troyes | troy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 79 poem | nmod |
| 84 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 87 group | punct |
| 85 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 87 group | cc |
| 86 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 87 group | det |
| 87 | group | group | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 have | conj |
| 88 | of | of | ADP | _ | 90 romances | case |
| 89 | episodic | episodic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 90 romances | amod |
| 90 | romances | romance | NOUN | Number=Plur | 87 group | nmod |
| 91 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 92 some | punct |
| 92 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 87 group | conj |
| 93 | of | of | ADP | _ | 95 length | case |
| 94 | considerable | considerable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 95 length | amod |
| 95 | length | length | NOUN | Number=Sing | 92 some | nmod |
| 96 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 98 majority | punct |
| 97 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 98 majority | det |
| 98 | majority | majority | NOUN | Number=Sing | 87 group | appos |
| 99 | of | of | ADP | _ | 100 which | case |
| 100 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 105 discovered | obl |
| 101 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 105 discovered | aux |
| 102 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 105 discovered | advmod |
| 103 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 105 discovered | advmod |
| 104 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 105 discovered | aux:pass |
| 105 | discovered | discover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 98 majority | acl:relcl |
| 106 | elsewhere | elsewhere | ADV | _ | 105 discovered | advmod |
| 107 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 have | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | we | the latter portion of the Lancelot and the Queste | the Dutch Lancelot | Morte romance obl; a group of episodic romances conj; thus property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent portion=Patient | ||
| 2 | develop | participle | fully property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | have | gerund | Morte romance not said here | a version | akin | for Romance's basis | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent version=Patient | ||
| 4 | not discover | present · perfect · passive | yet | of the majority; elsewhere property | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S_ING» | ||||
| 5 | form | Prose | nom form «communication 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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