Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 1, sentence 35

It is quite clear that the Dutch compiler understood his text well, and though possibly somewhat hampered by the necessity of turning prose into verse (this version, contrary to the otherwise invariable rule of the later _Lancelot_ romances, being rhymed), he renders it with remarkable fidelity.

Who acts: Dutch compiler, necessity, invariable rule, Lancelot · What happens: be, understand, hamper, turn, rhyme, render · To what, where: text, prose, verse, Lancelot

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 (Dutch compiler, necessity, invariable rule, Lancelot), 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 clear	expl
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 clear	cop
3	quite	quite	ADV	_	4 clear	advmod
4	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 understood	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 compiler	det
7	Dutch	dutch	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 compiler	amod
8	compiler	compiler	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 understood	nsubj
9	understood	understand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 clear	advcl
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 text	nmod:poss
11	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 understood	obj
12	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 understood	advmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 hampered	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 hampered	cc
15	though	though	ADV	_	18 hampered	advmod
16	possibly	possibly	ADV	_	18 hampered	advmod
17	somewhat	somewhat	ADV	_	18 hampered	advmod
18	hampered	hamper	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 clear	conj
19	by	by	ADP	_	21 necessity	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 necessity	det
21	necessity	necessity	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 hampered	obl
22	of	of	SCONJ	_	23 turning	mark
23	turning	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	21 necessity	acl
24	prose	prose	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 turning	obj
25	into	into	ADP	_	26 verse	case
26	verse	verse	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 turning	obl
27	(	(	PUNCT	_	29 version	punct
28	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	29 version	det
29	version	version	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 necessity	appos
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 contrary	punct
31	contrary	contrary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 version	amod
32	to	to	ADP	_	36 rule	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 rule	det
34	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	_	35 invariable	advmod
35	invariable	invariable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 rule	amod
36	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 contrary	obl
37	of	of	SCONJ	_	46 rhymed	mark
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 later	det
39	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	46 rhymed	advmod
40	_	_	PUNCT	_	41 Lancelot	punct
41	Lancelot	Lancelot	PROPN	Number=Sing	46 rhymed	nsubj:pass
42	_	_	PUNCT	_	43 romances	punct
43	romances	romance	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 Lancelot	conj
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 rhymed	punct
45	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	46 rhymed	aux:pass
46	rhymed	rhyme	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	36 rule	acl
47	)	)	PUNCT	_	29 version	punct
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 renders	punct
49	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 renders	nsubj
50	renders	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 hampered	conj
51	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 renders	obj
52	with	with	ADP	_	54 fidelity	case
53	remarkable	remarkable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	54 fidelity	amod
54	fidelity	fidelity	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 renders	obl
55	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 clear	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present				clear property	tree rules
2	understand	past	the Dutch compiler	compiler's text		well property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer text=Stimulus
3	hamper	participle				by the necessity; possibly, somewhat, though property	vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer
4	turn	gerund	the necessity not said here	prose	verse		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent prose=Theme into verse=Trajectory
5	rhyme	gerund · passive	the invariable rule not said here	Lancelot and romances		late property	vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
6	render	present	Lancelot	Prose		with remarkable fidelity	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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 35

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Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 1, sentence 35