Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 1, sentence 34

Unfortunately, the first volume of this compilation, which was originally in four parts, has been lost; consequently we are without any of the indications, so often to be found in the opening lines of similar compositions, as to the personality of the compiler, or the material at his disposal; but judging from those sections in which comparison is possible, the _Lancelot_, _Queste_, and _Morte Arthur_, the entire work is a translation, and a very faithful translation, of a French original.

Who acts: compilation, comparison, Morte · What happens: be, lose, find, judge · To what, where: four parts, first volume, opening lines, Lancelot, sections, translation

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 (compilation, comparison, Morte), 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	Unfortunately	unfortunately	ADV	_	19 lost	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Unfortunately	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 volume	det
4	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 volume	amod
5	volume	volume	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 lost	nsubj:pass
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 compilation	case
7	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 compilation	det
8	compilation	compilation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 volume	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 parts	punct
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 parts	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 parts	cop
12	originally	originally	ADV	_	15 parts	advmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 parts	case
14	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 parts	nummod
15	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 compilation	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 volume	punct
17	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 lost	aux
18	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	19 lost	aux:pass
19	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
20	;	;	PUNCT	_	25 any	punct
21	consequently	consequently	ADV	_	25 any	advmod
22	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	25 any	nsubj
23	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 any	cop
24	without	without	ADP	_	25 any	case
25	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	19 lost	parataxis
26	of	of	ADP	_	28 indications	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 indications	det
28	indications	indication	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 any	nmod
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 found	punct
30	so	so	ADV	_	34 found	advmod
31	often	often	ADV	_	34 found	advmod
32	to	to	PART	_	34 found	mark
33	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	34 found	aux:pass
34	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 lost	parataxis
35	in	in	ADP	_	38 lines	case
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 lines	det
37	opening	opening	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 lines	amod
38	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	34 found	obl
39	of	of	ADP	_	41 compositions	case
40	similar	similar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	41 compositions	amod
41	compositions	composition	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 lines	nmod
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 personality	punct
43	as	as	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	46 personality	case
44	to	to	ADP	_	43 as	fixed
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 personality	det
46	personality	personality	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 found	obl
47	of	of	ADP	_	49 compiler	case
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 compiler	det
49	compiler	compiler	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 personality	nmod
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 material	punct
51	or	or	CCONJ	_	53 material	cc
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 material	det
53	material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 personality	conj
54	at	at	ADP	_	56 disposal	case
55	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	56 disposal	nmod:poss
56	disposal	disposal	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 material	nmod
57	;	;	PUNCT	_	59 judging	punct
58	but	but	CCONJ	_	59 judging	cc
59	judging	judge	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 lost	advcl
60	from	from	ADP	_	62 sections	case
61	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	62 sections	det
62	sections	section	NOUN	Number=Plur	59 judging	obl
63	in	in	ADP	_	64 which	case
64	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	67 possible	obl
65	comparison	comparison	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 possible	nsubj
66	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	67 possible	cop
67	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	62 sections	acl:relcl
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 judging	punct
69	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	71 Lancelot	det
70	_	_	PUNCT	_	71 Lancelot	punct
71	Lancelot	Lancelot	PROPN	Number=Sing	59 judging	obj
72	_	_	PUNCT	_	71 Lancelot	punct
73	,	,	PUNCT	_	75 Queste	punct
74	_	_	PUNCT	_	75 Queste	punct
75	Queste	Queste	PROPN	Number=Sing	71 Lancelot	conj
76	_	_	PUNCT	_	71 Lancelot	punct
77	,	,	PUNCT	_	89 translation	punct
78	and	and	CCONJ	_	89 translation	cc
79	_	_	PUNCT	_	80 Morte	punct
80	Morte	Morte	PROPN	Number=Sing	89 translation	nsubj
81	Arthur	Arthur	PROPN	Number=Sing	80 Morte	flat
82	_	_	PUNCT	_	80 Morte	punct
83	,	,	PUNCT	_	89 translation	punct
84	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	86 work	det
85	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	86 work	amod
86	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	89 translation	nsubj
87	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	89 translation	cop
88	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	89 translation	det
89	translation	translation	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 Lancelot	conj
90	,	,	PUNCT	_	95 translation	punct
91	and	and	CCONJ	_	95 translation	cc
92	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	95 translation	det
93	very	very	ADV	_	94 faithful	advmod
94	faithful	faithful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	95 translation	amod
95	translation	translation	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 Lancelot	conj
96	,	,	PUNCT	_	100 original	punct
97	of	of	ADP	_	100 original	case
98	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	100 original	det
99	French	French	ADJ	Degree=Pos	100 original	amod
100	original	original	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 Lancelot	appos
101	.	.	PUNCT	_	19 lost	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	this compilation		four parts	originally property	tree rules
2	lose	present · perfect · passive		the first volume of this compilation		unfortunately property	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
3	find	to-infinitive · passive			the opening lines of similar compositions	as the personality of the compiler or the material at Lancelot's disposal; often property	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: as personality=Attribute
4	judge	gerund		the Lancelot and Queste and a translation and a faithful translation	that sections		vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent lancelot=Value
5	is	present	comparison		that sections	possible property	tree rules
6	is a	present	Morte	a translation		the entire work nsubj	tree rules

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 1, sentence 34

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Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 1, sentence 34