Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 1, sentence 65
But not only does it represent a tradition curious and interesting in itself, it has other claims to attention; even in a translation it is by no means ill written; it is simple, direct, and the adventures are not drawn out to wearisome length by the introduction of unnecessary details.
Who acts: extent, translation, introduction · What happens: not represent, have, be, write, not draw out, introduce · To what, where: tradition, other claims, adventures, wearisome length, unnecessary details
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 (extent, translation, introduction), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 represent | cc |
| 2 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 represent | advmod |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 represent | advmod |
| 4 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 represent | aux |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 represent | nsubj |
| 6 | represent | represent | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 tradition | det |
| 8 | tradition | tradition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 represent | obj |
| 9 | curious | curious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 tradition | amod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 interesting | cc |
| 11 | interesting | interesting | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 curious | conj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 itself | case |
| 13 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 11 interesting | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 has | punct |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 has | nsubj |
| 16 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 represent | conj |
| 17 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 claims | amod |
| 18 | claims | claim | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 has | obj |
| 19 | to | to | ADP | _ | 20 attention | case |
| 20 | attention | attention | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 claims | nmod |
| 21 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 30 means | punct |
| 22 | even | even | ADV | _ | 25 translation | advmod |
| 23 | in | in | ADP | _ | 25 translation | case |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 25 translation | det |
| 25 | translation | translation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 means | nsubj |
| 26 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 means | nsubj |
| 27 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 30 means | cop |
| 28 | by | by | ADP | _ | 29 no | case |
| 29 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 30 means | obl |
| 30 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 represent | parataxis |
| 31 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 means | xcomp |
| 32 | written | write | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 31 ill | xcomp |
| 33 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 36 simple | punct |
| 34 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 simple | nsubj |
| 35 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 36 simple | cop |
| 36 | simple | simple | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 means | parataxis |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 direct | punct |
| 38 | direct | direct | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 simple | conj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 drawn | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 drawn | cc |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 adventures | det |
| 42 | adventures | adventure | NOUN | Number=Plur | 45 drawn | nsubj:pass |
| 43 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 45 drawn | aux:pass |
| 44 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 45 drawn | advmod |
| 45 | drawn | draw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 36 simple | parataxis |
| 46 | out | out | ADP | _ | 45 drawn | compound:prt |
| 47 | to | to | ADP | _ | 49 length | case |
| 48 | wearisome | wearisome | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 length | amod |
| 49 | length | length | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 drawn | obl |
| 50 | by | by | ADP | _ | 52 introduction | case |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 introduction | det |
| 52 | introduction | introduction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 drawn | obl |
| 53 | of | of | ADP | _ | 55 details | case |
| 54 | unnecessary | unnecessary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 55 details | amod |
| 55 | details | detail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 52 introduction | nmod |
| 56 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 represent | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not represent | present · do-support | extent | a tradition | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot tradition=Theme | ||||
| 2 | have | present | extent | other claims | to attention | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claim=Patient | |||
| 3 | is | present | a translation | by no; extent nsubj; ill, mean property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | write | participle | a translation not said here | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | is | present | extent | simple property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | be | extent not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 7 | not draw out | present · passive | the introduction of unnecessary details | the adventures | wearisome length | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to length=Destination | |||
| 8 | introduce | unnecessary details | nom introduction «act 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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