Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Amen. Notes, sentence 5
So far I have not met with the latter in any version of the prose _Lancelot_, though Dr. Sommer in his _Studies on the Sources of Malory_, refers to him as mentioned in that romance; in the _Tristan_, on the contrary, he is a leading figure.
Who acts: I, brother · What happens: not meet, refer, mention, lead, be · To what, where: Sommer, version, Malory, romance, leading figure
This is a sentence of «Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch» by Jessie L. Weston, Amen. Notes. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, brother), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 2 far | advmod |
| 2 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 met | advmod |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 met | nsubj |
| 4 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 met | aux |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 met | advmod |
| 6 | met | meet | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 latter | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 latter | det |
| 9 | latter | latter | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 met | obl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 version | case |
| 11 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 12 version | det |
| 12 | version | version | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 met | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 prose | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 prose | det |
| 15 | prose | prose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 version | nmod |
| 16 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 17 Lancelot | punct |
| 17 | Lancelot | Lancelot | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 met | parataxis |
| 18 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 17 Lancelot | punct |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 Sommer | punct |
| 20 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 22 Sommer | mark |
| 21 | Dr. | Dr. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 Sommer | nmod:desc |
| 22 | Sommer | Sommer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 met | obl |
| 23 | in | in | ADP | _ | 26 Studies | case |
| 24 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 Studies | nmod:poss |
| 25 | _ | _ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 Studies | compound |
| 26 | Studies | Study | PROPN | Number=Plur | 22 Sommer | nmod |
| 27 | on | on | ADP | _ | 29 Sources | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 Sources | det |
| 29 | Sources | source | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 Studies | nmod |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 Malory | case |
| 31 | Malory | Malory | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 Sources | nmod |
| 32 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 6 met | punct |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 refers | punct |
| 34 | refers | refer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 met | conj |
| 35 | to | to | ADP | _ | 36 him | case |
| 36 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 refers | obl |
| 37 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 38 mentioned | mark |
| 38 | mentioned | mention | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 34 refers | advcl |
| 39 | in | in | ADP | _ | 41 romance | case |
| 40 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 41 romance | det |
| 41 | romance | romance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 mentioned | obl |
| 42 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 46 Tristan | punct |
| 43 | in | in | ADP | _ | 46 Tristan | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 Tristan | det |
| 45 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 46 Tristan | punct |
| 46 | Tristan | Tristan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 met | parataxis |
| 47 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 46 Tristan | punct |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 contrary | punct |
| 49 | on | on | ADP | _ | 51 contrary | case |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 contrary | det |
| 51 | contrary | contrary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 met | conj |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 figure | punct |
| 53 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 57 figure | nsubj |
| 54 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 57 figure | cop |
| 55 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 57 figure | det |
| 56 | leading | lead | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 57 figure | amod |
| 57 | figure | figure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 contrary | obl |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 met | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not meet | present · perfect | I | Sommer Dr. in Sommer's _ Studies on the Sources of Malory | any version of the prose | with the latter; Lancelot parataxis; the Tristan parataxis; far property | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with latter=Co-Agent | ||
| 2 | refer | present | I not said here | Malory | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to he=Co-Theme | ||||
| 3 | mention speech: other | participle | I not said here | that romance | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | lead | gerund | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition | ||||||
| 5 | is a | present | brother | a leading figure | tree rules |
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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