--- title: The metrical romance of which the following pages offer a prose tran… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: The metrical romance of which the following pages offer a prose translation is contained in the mediæval Dutch version of the _Lancelot_, where it occupies upwards of five thousand lines, forming the conclusion of the first existing volume of that compilation. Who acts: following pages, Romance. 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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 (following pages, Romance), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg8447:1:28 # text = The metrical romance of which the following pages offer a prose translation is contained in the mediæval Dutch version of the _Lancelot_, where it occupies upwards of five thousand lines, forming the conclusion of the first existing volume of that compilation. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 metrical metrical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 romance romance NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 obl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 amod _ _ 8 pages page NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 offer offer VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 prose prose NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 translation translation NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 contained contain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 mediæval mediæval NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 18 Dutch dutch ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 version version NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 Lancelot Lancelot PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 28 advmod _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 occupies occupy VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 29 upwards upwards ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 compound _ _ 32 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 33 lines line NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 forming form VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 conclusion conclusion NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 40 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 42 amod _ _ 41 existing existing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 volume volume NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 45 det _ _ 45 compilation compilation NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **offer** | present | the following pages | a prose translation | | | | of the metrical romance | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent translation=Theme | | 3 | **contain** | present · passive | | the metrical romance | | the mediæval Dutch version of the Lancelot | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Value in version=Location | | 4 | **occupy** | present | Romance | | | | | of thousand lines | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **form** | gerund | Romance *not said here* | the conclusion of the first existing volume of that compilation | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location conclusion=Theme | | 6 | **conclude** | | | the first existing volume of that compilation | | | | | nom conclusion «cognition 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. - ← previous: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/1/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/1/29/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/1/)