Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 1, sentence 51

In this connection it appears to me that the evidence of the _Parzival_ is of primary importance; the circumstances attending the birth of Feirefis are exactly parallel with those of Morien--in both a Christian knight wins the love of a Moorish princess; in both he leaves her before the birth of her son, in the one case with a direct, in the other with a conditional, promise to return, which promise is in neither instance kept; in both the lad, when grown to manhood, sets out to seek his father; in both he apparently makes a practice of fighting with every one whom he meets; in the one version he is brother, in the other son or nephew, to Perceval.

Who acts: it, circumstances, Christian knight, Knight, promise, practice · What happens: appear, be, attend, win, leave, promise · To what, where: evidence, me, connection, birth, love, princess

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 (it, circumstances, Christian knight, Knight), 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 connection	case
2	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 connection	det
3	connection	connection	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 appears	obl
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 appears	nsubj
5	appears	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 me	case
7	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 appears	obl
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 evidence	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 evidence	det
10	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 appears	xcomp
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 Parzival	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Parzival	det
13	_	_	PUNCT	_	14 Parzival	punct
14	Parzival	Parzival	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 evidence	nmod
15	_	_	PUNCT	_	19 importance	punct
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 importance	cop
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 importance	case
18	primary	primary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 importance	amod
19	importance	importance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 appears	obl
20	;	;	PUNCT	_	30 parallel	punct
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 circumstances	det
22	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 parallel	nsubj
23	attending	attend	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	22 circumstances	acl
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 birth	det
25	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 attending	obj
26	of	of	ADP	_	27 Feirefis	case
27	Feirefis	Feirefis	PROPN	Number=Sing	25 birth	nmod
28	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	30 parallel	cop
29	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	30 parallel	advmod
30	parallel	parallel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 appears	parataxis
31	with	with	ADP	_	32 those	case
32	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	30 parallel	obl
33	of	of	ADP	_	34 Morien	case
34	Morien	Morien	PROPN	Number=Sing	32 those	nmod
35	--	--	PUNCT	_	41 wins	punct
36	in	in	SCONJ	_	41 wins	mark
37	both	both	CCONJ	_	41 wins	cc:preconj
38	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	40 knight	det
39	Christian	Christian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 knight	amod
40	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 wins	nsubj
41	wins	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	30 parallel	conj
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 love	det
43	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 wins	obj
44	of	of	ADP	_	47 princess	case
45	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	47 princess	det
46	Moorish	moorish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 princess	amod
47	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 love	nmod
48	;	;	PUNCT	_	52 leaves	punct
49	in	in	ADP	_	50 both	case
50	both	both	CCONJ	_	52 leaves	cc:preconj
51	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 leaves	nsubj
52	leaves	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 appears	parataxis
53	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 leaves	obj
54	before	before	ADP	_	56 birth	case
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 birth	det
56	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 leaves	obl
57	of	of	ADP	_	59 son	case
58	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	59 son	nmod:poss
59	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 birth	nmod
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 case	punct
61	in	in	ADP	_	64 case	case
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	64 case	det
63	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	64 case	nummod
64	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 leaves	obl
65	with	with	ADP	_	67 direct	case
66	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	67 direct	det
67	direct	direct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	64 case	nmod
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 other	punct
69	in	in	ADP	_	71 other	case
70	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	71 other	det
71	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	52 leaves	conj
72	with	with	ADP	_	73 a	case
73	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	71 other	obl
74	conditional	conditional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	73 a	acl
75	,	,	PUNCT	_	76 promise	punct
76	promise	promise	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	74 conditional	parataxis
77	to	to	PART	_	78 return	mark
78	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	76 promise	xcomp
79	,	,	PUNCT	_	85 instance	punct
80	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	81 promise	det
81	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	85 instance	nsubj
82	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	85 instance	cop
83	in	in	ADP	_	85 instance	case
84	neither	neither	DET	PronType=Neg	85 instance	det
85	instance	instance	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 return	obl
86	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	85 instance	acl
87	;	;	PUNCT	_	91 lad	punct
88	in	in	ADP	_	91 lad	case
89	both	both	CCONJ	_	91 lad	cc:preconj
90	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	91 lad	det
91	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	76 promise	vocative
92	,	,	PUNCT	_	94 grown	punct
93	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	94 grown	advmod
94	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	91 lad	acl
95	to	to	ADP	_	96 manhood	case
96	manhood	manhood	NOUN	Number=Sing	94 grown	obl
97	,	,	PUNCT	_	98 sets	punct
98	sets	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	91 lad	parataxis
99	out	out	ADP	_	98 sets	compound:prt
100	to	to	PART	_	101 seek	mark
101	seek	seek	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	98 sets	xcomp
102	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	103 father	nmod:poss
103	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	101 seek	obj
104	;	;	PUNCT	_	109 makes	punct
105	in	in	ADP	_	106 both	case
106	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	109 makes	obl
107	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	109 makes	nsubj
108	apparently	apparently	ADV	_	109 makes	advmod
109	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	76 promise	parataxis
110	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	111 practice	det
111	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	109 makes	obj
112	of	of	SCONJ	_	113 fighting	mark
113	fighting	fight	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	111 practice	acl
114	with	with	ADP	_	116 one	case
115	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	116 one	det
116	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	113 fighting	obl
117	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	119 meets	obj
118	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	119 meets	nsubj
119	meets	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	116 one	acl:relcl
120	;	;	PUNCT	_	127 brother	punct
121	in	in	ADP	_	124 version	case
122	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	124 version	det
123	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	124 version	compound
124	version	version	NOUN	Number=Sing	127 brother	obl
125	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	127 brother	nsubj
126	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	127 brother	cop
127	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	109 makes	obl
128	,	,	PUNCT	_	132 son	punct
129	in	in	ADP	_	132 son	case
130	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	132 son	det
131	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	132 son	amod
132	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	127 brother	conj
133	or	or	CCONJ	_	134 nephew	cc
134	nephew	nephew	NOUN	Number=Sing	132 son	conj
135	,	,	PUNCT	_	137 Perceval	punct
136	to	to	ADP	_	137 Perceval	case
137	Perceval	Perceval	PROPN	Number=Sing	127 brother	appos
138	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 appears	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	appear	present	it	the evidence of the Parzival	me	this connection			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in connection=Location
2	is	present						of primary importance	tree rules
3	attend	gerund	the circumstances not said here	the birth of Feirefis					vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme birth=Goal
4	is	present	the circumstances					with those of Morien; exactly, parallel property	tree rules
5	win	present	a Christian knight	the love of a Moorish princess					vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent love=Eventuality
6	leave	present	Knight	princess		the one case with a direct	before the birth of princess's son		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme before birth=Location
7	promise speech: promise	infinitive						the lad vocative	vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
8	return not said to happen	to-infinitive							vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	is	present	which promise			neither instance			tree rules
10	keep	participle		neither instance not said here					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
11	grow	participle						to manhood	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
12	set out	present							vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
13	seek	to-infinitive		Knight's father					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Theme
14	make	present	Knight	a practice		both		apparently property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent practice=Product
15	fight	gerund	a practice not said here					with every one	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with one=Co-Agent
16	meet	present	Knight	every one					vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Co-Agent
17	is a	present	Knight	brother and the other son or nephew		the one version		the other son or nephew conj; Perceval appos	tree rules
18	evidence			the Parzival					nom evidence «cognition transitive»: of=patient
19	love			a Moorish princess					nom love «feeling 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. 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 51