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Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 1, sentence 58

That this would be the case appears only probable when we recall the vague and conflicting traditions as to the hero's parentage; it was Perceval himself, and not his father or his mother, who was the important factor in the tale; hence the change in his character was a matter of gradual evolution.

Who acts: this, That, we, tradition, father, character · What happens: be, appear, recall, conflict, parent · To what, where: case, vague, traditions, important factor, tale, matter

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 (this, That, we, tradition), 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

nsubjnsubjauxcopdetnsubjadvmodxcompadvmodnsubjadvcldetobjccconjobjcasefixeddetnmod:posscaseoblpunctnsubjcopconjobjpunctccadvmodnmod:possparataxisccnmod:possconjpunctnsubjcopdetamodconjcasedetnmodpunctadvmoddetparataxiscasenmod:possnsubjcopdetnmodcaseamodnmodpunctrootThatPRONthisPRONwouldAUXbeAUXtheDETcaseNOUNappearsVERBonlyADVprobableADJwhenADVwePRONrecallVERBtheDETvagueADJandCCONJconflictingVERBtraditionsNOUNasADPtoADPtheDETheroNOUN'sPARTparentageNOUN;PUNCTitPRONwasAUXPercevalADJhimselfPRON,PUNCTandCCONJnotPARThisPRONfatherNOUNorCCONJhisPRONmotherNOUN,PUNCTwhoPRONwasAUXtheDETimportantADJfactorNOUNinADPtheDETtaleNOUN;PUNCThenceADVtheDETchangeNOUNinADPhisPRONcharacterNOUNwasAUXaDETmatterNOUNofADPgradualADJevolutionNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem7 appearsnsubj
2thisthisPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem6 casensubj
3wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin6 caseaux
4bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf6 casecop
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 casedet
6casecaseNOUNNumber=Sing7 appearsnsubj
7appearsappearVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
8onlyonlyADV_9 probableadvmod
9probableprobableADJDegree=Pos7 appearsxcomp
10whenwhenADVPronType=Int12 recalladvmod
11wewePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs12 recallnsubj
12recallrecallVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 appearsadvcl
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 vaguedet
14vaguevagueADJDegree=Pos12 recallobj
15andandCCONJ_16 conflictingcc
16conflictingconflictVERBVerbForm=Ger12 recallconj
17traditionstraditionNOUNNumber=Plur16 conflictingobj
18asasADPExtPos=ADP23 parentagecase
19totoADP_18 asfixed
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art21 herodet
21heroheroNOUNNumber=Sing23 parentagenmod:poss
22's'sPART_21 herocase
23parentageparentageNOUNNumber=Sing16 conflictingobl
24;;PUNCT_27 Percevalpunct
25ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs27 Percevalnsubj
26wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin27 Percevalcop
27PercevalpercevalADJDegree=Pos12 recallconj
28himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes27 Percevalobj
29,,PUNCT_33 fatherpunct
30andandCCONJ_33 fathercc
31notnotPARTPolarity=Neg33 fatheradvmod
32hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs33 fathernmod:poss
33fatherfatherNOUNNumber=Sing27 Percevalparataxis
34ororCCONJ_36 mothercc
35hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs36 mothernmod:poss
36mothermotherNOUNNumber=Sing33 fatherconj
37,,PUNCT_42 factorpunct
38whowhoPRONPronType=Rel42 factornsubj
39wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin42 factorcop
40thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art42 factordet
41importantimportantADJDegree=Pos42 factoramod
42factorfactorNOUNNumber=Sing33 fatherconj
43ininADP_45 talecase
44thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art45 taledet
45taletaleNOUNNumber=Sing42 factornmod
46;;PUNCT_49 changepunct
47hencehenceADV_49 changeadvmod
48thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art49 changedet
49changechangeNOUNNumber=Sing7 appearsparataxis
50ininADP_55 mattercase
51hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs52 characternmod:poss
52charactercharacterNOUNNumber=Sing55 matternsubj
53wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin55 mattercop
54aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art55 matterdet
55mattermatterNOUNNumber=Sing49 changenmod
56ofofADP_58 evolutioncase
57gradualgradualADJDegree=Pos58 evolutionamod
58evolutionevolutionNOUNNumber=Sing55 matternmod
59..PUNCT_7 appearspunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is awouldthisthe casetree rules
2appearpresentThatthe change parataxis; probable propertyvn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3recallpresentwethe vaguevn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vague=Theme
4conflictgerundwe not said heretraditionsas the hero's parentagetree rules
5ispasttraditioncase obj; case's father or father's mother and the important factor parataxis; perceval propertytree rules
6is apastcase's father or father's mother and the important factorthe important factorthe taletree rules
7ispastfather's charactera matterof gradual evolutiontree rules
8parentthe heronom parentage «state transitive»: poss=agent

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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