Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 1, sentence 66
The characterisation too, is good; the hero is well realised, and Gawain, in particular, appears in a most favourable light, one far more in accordance with the earlier than with the later stage of Arthurian tradition; the contrast between his courteous self-restraint and the impetuous ardour of the young savage is well conceived, and the manner in which he and Gareth contrive to check and manage the turbulent youth without giving him cause for offence is very cleverly indicated.
Who acts: characterisation, Gawain · What happens: be, realise, appear, conceive, contrive, check · To what, where: hero, favourable light, contrast, manner, turbulent youth, Gawain
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 (characterisation, Gawain), 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 characterisation | det |
| 2 | characterisation | characterisation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 good | nsubj |
| 3 | too | too | ADV | _ | 2 characterisation | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 characterisation | punct |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 good | cop |
| 6 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 12 realised | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 hero | det |
| 9 | hero | hero | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 realised | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 realised | aux:pass |
| 11 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 12 realised | advmod |
| 12 | realised | realise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 good | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 appears | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 appears | cc |
| 15 | Gawain | Gawain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 appears | nsubj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 particular | punct |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 particular | case |
| 18 | particular | particular | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 Gawain | amod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 Gawain | punct |
| 20 | appears | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 good | conj |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 25 light | case |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 25 light | det |
| 23 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 24 favourable | advmod |
| 24 | favourable | favourable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 light | amod |
| 25 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 appears | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 one | punct |
| 27 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 25 light | appos |
| 28 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 29 more | advmod |
| 29 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 27 one | conj |
| 30 | in | in | ADP | _ | 31 accordance | case |
| 31 | accordance | accordance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 one | nmod |
| 32 | with | with | ADP | _ | 34 earlier | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 earlier | det |
| 34 | earlier | early | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 31 accordance | acl:relcl |
| 35 | than | than | ADP | _ | 39 stage | case |
| 36 | with | with | ADP | _ | 39 stage | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 stage | det |
| 38 | later | late | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 39 stage | amod |
| 39 | stage | stage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 earlier | obl |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 tradition | case |
| 41 | Arthurian | arthurian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 tradition | amod |
| 42 | tradition | tradition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 stage | nmod |
| 43 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 62 conceived | punct |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 contrast | det |
| 45 | contrast | contrast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 conceived | nsubj:pass |
| 46 | between | between | ADP | _ | 51 restraint | case |
| 47 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 51 restraint | nmod:poss |
| 48 | courteous | courteous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 restraint | amod |
| 49 | self | self | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 restraint | compound |
| 50 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 49 self | punct |
| 51 | restraint | restraint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 contrast | nmod |
| 52 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 55 ardour | cc |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 ardour | det |
| 54 | impetuous | impetuous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 55 ardour | amod |
| 55 | ardour | ardour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 restraint | conj |
| 56 | of | of | ADP | _ | 59 savage | case |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 59 savage | det |
| 58 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 59 savage | amod |
| 59 | savage | savage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 ardour | nmod |
| 60 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 62 conceived | aux:pass |
| 61 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 62 conceived | advmod |
| 62 | conceived | conceive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 good | parataxis |
| 63 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 89 indicated | punct |
| 64 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 89 indicated | cc |
| 65 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 66 manner | det |
| 66 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 89 indicated | nsubj:pass |
| 67 | in | in | ADP | _ | 68 which | case |
| 68 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 72 contrive | obl |
| 69 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 72 contrive | nsubj |
| 70 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 71 Gareth | cc |
| 71 | Gareth | Gareth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 69 he | conj |
| 72 | contrive | contrive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 66 manner | acl:relcl |
| 73 | to | to | PART | _ | 74 check | mark |
| 74 | check | check | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 72 contrive | xcomp |
| 75 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 76 manage | cc |
| 76 | manage | manage | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 74 check | conj |
| 77 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 79 youth | det |
| 78 | turbulent | turbulent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 79 youth | amod |
| 79 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 76 manage | obj |
| 80 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 81 giving | mark |
| 81 | giving | give | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 74 check | advcl |
| 82 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 81 giving | iobj |
| 83 | cause | cause | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 81 giving | xcomp |
| 84 | for | for | ADP | _ | 85 offence | case |
| 85 | offence | offence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 83 cause | obl |
| 86 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 89 indicated | aux:pass |
| 87 | very | very | ADV | _ | 88 cleverly | advmod |
| 88 | cleverly | cleverly | ADV | _ | 89 indicated | advmod |
| 89 | indicated | indicate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 62 conceived | conj |
| 90 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 good | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the characterisation | good property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | realise | present · passive | the hero | well property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | appear | present | Gawain | a favourable light | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in light=Location | ||||
| 4 | conceive | present · passive | the contrast between Gawain's courteous self restraint and the impetuous ardour of the young savage | well property | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 5 | contrive | infinitive | Gawain | the manner | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | check | to-infinitive | Gawain not said here | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | manage | infinitive | Gawain not said here | the turbulent youth | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent youth=Theme | ||||
| 8 | give | gerund | Gawain not said here | Gawain | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | cause | infinitive | Gawain not said here | for offence | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition | ||||
| 10 | indicate | present · passive | the manner | cleverly property | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | ||||
| 11 | restrain | Gawain | nom restraint «act 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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