Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Amen. Notes, sentence 60
It is clear, to a close observer, that the compiler of the Dutch _Lancelot_ knew the early _Perceval_ tradition in a form closer to the version of the German, than that of the French poet.
Who acts: compiler · What happens: be, know · To what, where: early
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 (compiler), 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 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 clear | expl |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 clear | cop |
| 3 | clear | clear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 observer | punct |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 observer | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 observer | det |
| 7 | close | close | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 observer | amod |
| 8 | observer | observer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 clear | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 knew | punct |
| 10 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 19 knew | mark |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 compiler | det |
| 12 | compiler | compiler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 knew | nsubj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 Lancelot | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 Lancelot | det |
| 15 | Dutch | dutch | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 Lancelot | amod |
| 16 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 15 Dutch | punct |
| 17 | Lancelot | Lancelot | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 compiler | nmod |
| 18 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 19 knew | punct |
| 19 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 observer | conj |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 early | det |
| 21 | early | early | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 knew | obj |
| 22 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 25 tradition | punct |
| 23 | Perceval | Perceval | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 tradition | compound |
| 24 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 25 tradition | punct |
| 25 | tradition | tradition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 knew | obl |
| 26 | in | in | ADP | _ | 28 form | case |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 form | det |
| 28 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 tradition | nmod |
| 29 | closer | close | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 28 form | amod |
| 30 | to | to | ADP | _ | 32 version | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 version | det |
| 32 | version | version | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 closer | obl |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 German | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 German | det |
| 35 | German | German | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 version | nmod |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 that | punct |
| 37 | than | than | ADP | _ | 38 that | case |
| 38 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 25 tradition | conj |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 poet | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 poet | det |
| 41 | French | French | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 poet | amod |
| 42 | poet | poet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 that | nmod |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 clear | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | to a close observer; clear property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | know | past | the compiler of the Dutch Lancelot | the early | Perceval tradition in a form than that of the French poet obl | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer early=Stimulus |
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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