Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Amen. Notes, sentence 66
Two versions of this story have already been given in this series, the dragon adventure in _Tristan_ (No. II) and that of the stag in _Tyolet_ (No. III.); this is inferior to either, but appears to combine characteristics of both.
Who acts: this · What happens: give, be, appear, combine · To what, where: Two versions, series, characteristics
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 (this), 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 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 versions | nummod |
| 2 | versions | version | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 given | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 story | case |
| 4 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 story | det |
| 5 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 versions | nmod |
| 6 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 given | aux |
| 7 | already | already | ADV | _ | 9 given | advmod |
| 8 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 9 given | aux:pass |
| 9 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 series | case |
| 11 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 12 series | det |
| 12 | series | series | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 given | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 adventure | punct |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 adventure | det |
| 15 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 adventure | compound |
| 16 | adventure | adventure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 series | appos |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 Tristan | case |
| 18 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 17 in | punct |
| 19 | Tristan | Tristan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 adventure | nmod |
| 20 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 19 Tristan | punct |
| 21 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 22 No. | punct |
| 22 | No. | no. | NOUN | Abbr=Yes Number=Sing | 19 Tristan | appos |
| 23 | II | II | NUM | NumForm=Roman NumType=Card | 22 No. | flat |
| 24 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 22 No. | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 stag | cc |
| 26 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 29 stag | nsubj |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 stag | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 stag | det |
| 29 | stag | stag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 series | conj |
| 30 | in | in | ADP | _ | 31 _ | case |
| 31 | _ | _ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 stag | nmod |
| 32 | Tyolet | Tyolet | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 _ | flat |
| 33 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 9 given | punct |
| 34 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 35 No. | punct |
| 35 | No. | no. | NOUN | Abbr=Yes Number=Sing | 9 given | parataxis |
| 36 | III | III | NUM | NumForm=Roman NumType=Card | 35 No. | flat |
| 37 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 35 No. | punct |
| 38 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 35 No. | punct |
| 39 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 42 inferior | punct |
| 40 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 42 inferior | nsubj |
| 41 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 42 inferior | cop |
| 42 | inferior | inferior | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 given | conj |
| 43 | to | to | ADP | _ | 44 either | case |
| 44 | either | either | DET | PronType=Ind | 42 inferior | obl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 appears | punct |
| 46 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 47 appears | cc |
| 47 | appears | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 given | conj |
| 48 | to | to | PART | _ | 49 combine | mark |
| 49 | combine | combine | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 47 appears | xcomp |
| 50 | characteristics | characteristic | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 combine | obj |
| 51 | of | of | ADP | _ | 52 both | case |
| 52 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 50 characteristics | nmod |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 given | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · perfect · passive | Two versions of this story | this series and the stag that in _ | No. parataxis | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||
| 2 | is | present | this | to either; inferior property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | appear | present | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | ||||||
| 4 | combine | to-infinitive | characteristics of both | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent characteristic=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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