Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 1, sentence 52
The points of difference are that whereas Morien is black all over, save his teeth, Feirefis is parti-coloured, black and white--a curious conception, which seems to point to an earlier stage of thought; Morien is a Christian, Feirefis a heathen--the more probable version.
Who acts: points, curious conception, Morien · What happens: be, save, seem, point · To what, where: teeth, Feirefis parti, earlier stage, Christian, difference
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 (points, curious conception, Morien), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 points | det |
| 2 | points | point | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 black | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 difference | case |
| 4 | difference | difference | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 points | nmod |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 black | cop |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 10 black | mark |
| 7 | whereas | whereas | SCONJ | _ | 8 Morien | case |
| 8 | Morien | Morien | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 black | obl |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 black | cop |
| 10 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 11 | all | all | ADV | _ | 12 over | advmod |
| 12 | over | over | ADV | _ | 10 black | advmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 save | punct |
| 14 | save | save | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 black | conj |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 teeth | nmod:poss |
| 16 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 save | obj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 coloured | punct |
| 18 | Feirefis | Feirefis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 parti | compound |
| 19 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 parti | cop |
| 20 | parti | parti | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 coloured | compound |
| 21 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 20 parti | punct |
| 22 | coloured | coloured | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 black | conj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 black | punct |
| 24 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 coloured | conj |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 white | cc |
| 26 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 coloured | conj |
| 27 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 30 conception | punct |
| 28 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 conception | det |
| 29 | curious | curious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 conception | amod |
| 30 | conception | conception | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 black | conj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 seems | punct |
| 32 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 33 seems | nsubj |
| 33 | seems | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 30 conception | acl:relcl |
| 34 | to | to | PART | _ | 35 point | mark |
| 35 | point | point | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 33 seems | xcomp |
| 36 | to | to | ADP | _ | 39 stage | case |
| 37 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 39 stage | det |
| 38 | earlier | early | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 39 stage | amod |
| 39 | stage | stage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 point | obl |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 thought | case |
| 41 | thought | thought | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 stage | nmod |
| 42 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 46 Christian | punct |
| 43 | Morien | Morien | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 Christian | nsubj |
| 44 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 46 Christian | cop |
| 45 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 46 Christian | det |
| 46 | Christian | Christian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 black | obl |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 Feirefis | punct |
| 48 | Feirefis | Feirefis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 Christian | conj |
| 49 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 50 heathen | det |
| 50 | heathen | heathen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 Christian | nsubj |
| 51 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 55 version | punct |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 version | det |
| 53 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 54 probable | advmod |
| 54 | probable | probable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 55 version | amod |
| 55 | version | version | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 black | conj |
| 56 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 black | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the points of difference | whereas Morien; a curious conception conj; the probable version conj; black, over property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | save | infinitive | the points of difference not said here | MORIEN's teeth | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is a | present | Feirefis parti | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | be | the points of difference not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 5 | seem | present | a curious conception | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | |||||
| 6 | point | to-infinitive | a curious conception not said here | a earlier stage of thought | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to stage=Recipient | ||||
| 7 | is a | present | Morien | a Christian and Feirefis | Feirefis conj; a heathen nsubj | tree rules | |||
| 8 | point | difference | nom point «cognition 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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