Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 1, sentence 39
Jonckbloet and Te Winkel, the former the editor of the whole compilation, the latter of this section only, are both inclined to regard the poem as an original Dutch composition; but M. Gaston Paris, in his summary of the romance (_Histoire Litteraire_, vol. xxx. p. 247) rejects this theory as based on inadequate grounds.
Who acts: Jonckbloet, Gaston Paris · What happens: be, regard, reject, base · To what, where: poem, theory, inadequate grounds
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 (Jonckbloet, Gaston Paris), 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 | Jonckbloet | Jonckbloet | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 inclined | nsubj |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 Te | cc |
| 3 | Te | Te | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Jonckbloet | conj |
| 4 | Winkel | Winkel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Te | flat |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 editor | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 editor | det |
| 7 | former | former | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 editor | amod |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 editor | det |
| 9 | editor | editor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Jonckbloet | appos |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 compilation | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 compilation | det |
| 12 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 compilation | amod |
| 13 | compilation | compilation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 editor | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 latter | punct |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 latter | det |
| 16 | latter | latter | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Jonckbloet | appos |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 section | case |
| 18 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 19 section | det |
| 19 | section | section | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 latter | obl |
| 20 | only | only | ADV | _ | 19 section | advmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Jonckbloet | punct |
| 22 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 inclined | cop |
| 23 | both | both | ADV | _ | 24 inclined | advmod |
| 24 | inclined | inclined | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 25 | to | to | PART | _ | 26 regard | mark |
| 26 | regard | regard | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 inclined | xcomp |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 poem | det |
| 28 | poem | poem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 regard | obj |
| 29 | as | as | ADP | _ | 33 composition | case |
| 30 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 33 composition | det |
| 31 | original | original | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 composition | amod |
| 32 | Dutch | dutch | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 composition | amod |
| 33 | composition | composition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 regard | obl |
| 34 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 58 rejects | punct |
| 35 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 58 rejects | cc |
| 36 | M. | M. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 Gaston | compound |
| 37 | Gaston | Gaston | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 Paris | compound |
| 38 | Paris | Paris | PROPN | Number=Sing | 58 rejects | nsubj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 summary | punct |
| 40 | in | in | ADP | _ | 42 summary | case |
| 41 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 summary | nmod:poss |
| 42 | summary | summary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 Paris | appos |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 romance | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 romance | det |
| 45 | romance | romance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 summary | nmod |
| 46 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 48 Histoire | punct |
| 47 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 48 Histoire | punct |
| 48 | Histoire | Histoire | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 summary | appos |
| 49 | Litteraire | Litteraire | PROPN | Number=Sing | 48 Histoire | flat |
| 50 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 48 Histoire | punct |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 xxx | punct |
| 52 | vol. | vol. | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 xxx | compound |
| 53 | xxx | xxx | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 Histoire | list |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 48 Histoire | punct |
| 55 | p. | P. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 48 Histoire | flat |
| 56 | 247 | 247 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 48 Histoire | list |
| 57 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 48 Histoire | punct |
| 58 | rejects | reject | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 inclined | parataxis |
| 59 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 60 theory | det |
| 60 | theory | theory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 rejects | obj |
| 61 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 62 based | mark |
| 62 | based | base | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 58 rejects | advcl |
| 63 | on | on | ADP | _ | 65 grounds | case |
| 64 | inadequate | inadequate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 65 grounds | amod |
| 65 | grounds | grounds | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 62 based | obl |
| 66 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 24 inclined | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Jonckbloet and Te | both, inclined property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | regard | to-infinitive | Jonckbloet and Te not said here | the poem | as a original Dutch composition | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent poem=Theme as composition=Value | |||
| 3 | reject | present | Gaston Paris | this theory | vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent theory=Theme | ||||
| 4 | base | participle | Gaston Paris not said here | inadequate grounds | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on grounds=Source |
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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