Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Amen. Notes, sentence 54
The special quest here referred to is that undertaken in search of Lancelot when he fled from court in a frenzy, induced by Guinevere's jealousy of King Pelles' daughter.
Who acts: Sir · What happens: refer, undertake, flee, induce, search · To what, where: special quest, search, court, frenzy, Lancelot
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 (Sir), 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 | 3 quest | det |
| 2 | special | special | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 quest | amod |
| 3 | quest | quest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 undertaken | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 referred | advmod |
| 5 | referred | refer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 quest | acl |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 referred | obl |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 undertaken | aux:pass |
| 8 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 undertaken | mark |
| 9 | undertaken | undertake | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 search | case |
| 11 | search | search | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 undertaken | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 Lancelot | case |
| 13 | Lancelot | Lancelot | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 search | nmod |
| 14 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 16 fled | advmod |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 fled | nsubj |
| 16 | fled | flee | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 undertaken | advcl |
| 17 | from | from | ADP | _ | 18 court | case |
| 18 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 fled | obl |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 frenzy | case |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 frenzy | det |
| 21 | frenzy | frenzy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 fled | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 induced | punct |
| 23 | induced | induce | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 21 frenzy | acl |
| 24 | by | by | ADP | _ | 27 jealousy | case |
| 25 | Guinevere | Guinevere | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 jealousy | nmod:poss |
| 26 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 25 Guinevere | case |
| 27 | jealousy | jealousy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 induced | obl |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 daughter | case |
| 29 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 30 | Pelles | Pelles | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 King | flat |
| 31 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 29 King | case |
| 32 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 jealousy | nmod |
| 33 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 undertaken | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | refer | participle | the special quest not said here | here | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | undertake | present · passive | the special quest | search of Lancelot | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | flee | past | Sir | court | in a frenzy | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from court=Initial_Location | |||
| 4 | induce | participle | a frenzy not said here | by Guinevere's jealousy of King's daughter | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | search | Lancelot | nom search «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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