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title: Thus, in the Dutch _Lancelot_ we have not only the latter portion of… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics
description: Thus, in the Dutch _Lancelot_ we have not only the latter portion of the _Lancelot_ proper, the _Queste_, and the _Morte Arthur_, the ordinary component parts of the prose _Lancelot_ in its most fully developed form, but also a portion of a _Perceval_ romance, having for its basis a version near aki
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# Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 1, sentence 32

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Thus, in the Dutch \_Lancelot\_ we have not only the latter portion of the \_Lancelot\_ proper, the \_Queste\_, and the \_Morte Arthur\_, the ordinary component parts of the prose \_Lancelot\_ in its most fully developed form, but also a portion of a \_Perceval\_ romance, having for its basis a version near akin to, if not identical with, the poem of Chrétien de Troyes, and a group of episodic romances, some of considerable length, the majority of which have not yet been discovered elsewhere.

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**Who acts:** we, Morte romance, Prose · **What happens:** have, develop, not discover, form · **To what, where:** latter portion, Dutch Lancelot, version, akin

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This is a sentence of «Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch» by Jessie L. 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 (we, Morte romance, Prose), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg8447:1:32
# text = Thus, in the Dutch _Lancelot_ we have not only the latter portion of the _Lancelot_ proper, the _Queste_, and the _Morte Arthur_, the ordinary component parts of the prose _Lancelot_ in its most fully developed form, but also a portion of a _Perceval_ romance, having for its basis a version near akin to, if not identical with, the poem of Chrétien de Troyes, and a group of episodic romances, some of considerable length, the majority of which have not yet been discovered elsewhere.
1	Thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	Dutch	dutch	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Lancelot	Lancelot	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	7	punct	_	_
9	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
12	only	only	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	latter	latter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	portion	portion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	Lancelot	Lancelot	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	19	punct	_	_
21	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	_	_	PUNCT	``	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	Queste	Queste	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	61	punct	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	61	cc	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
30	_	_	PUNCT	``	_	31	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	Morte	Morte	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	61	compound	_	_
32	Arthur	Arthur	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	31	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
36	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
37	component	component	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	compound	_	_
38	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	nmod	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	prose	prose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	nmod	_	_
42	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	43	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	Lancelot	Lancelot	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	50	punct	_	_
45	in	in	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
46	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	50	nmod:poss	_	_
47	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	48	advmod	_	_
48	fully	fully	ADV	RB	_	49	advmod	_	_
49	developed	develop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	50	amod	_	_
50	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
52	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	55	cc	_	_
53	also	also	ADV	RB	_	55	advmod	_	_
54	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
55	portion	portion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	appos	_	_
56	of	of	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
57	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
58	_	_	PUNCT	``	_	59	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	Perceval	Perceval	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	55	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	31	punct	_	_
61	romance	romance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	_
63	having	have	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	61	acl	_	_
64	for	for	ADP	IN	_	66	case	_	_
65	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	66	nmod:poss	_	_
66	basis	basis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	obl	_	_
67	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	68	det	_	_
68	version	version	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	obj	_	_
69	near	near	ADP	IN	_	70	case	_	_
70	akin	akin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	68	nmod	_	_
71	to	to	ADP	IN	_	63	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	75	punct	_	_
73	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	75	mark	_	_
74	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	75	advmod	_	_
75	identical	identical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	63	conj	_	_
76	with	with	ADP	IN	_	79	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
77	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	76	punct	_	_
78	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	79	det	_	_
79	poem	poem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	75	obl	_	_
80	of	of	ADP	IN	_	83	case	_	_
81	Chrétien	Chrétien	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	83	compound	_	_
82	de	de	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	81	flat	_	_
83	Troyes	troy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	79	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
84	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	87	punct	_	_
85	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	87	cc	_	_
86	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	87	det	_	_
87	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
88	of	of	ADP	IN	_	90	case	_	_
89	episodic	episodic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	90	amod	_	_
90	romances	romance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	87	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
91	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	92	punct	_	_
92	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	87	conj	_	_
93	of	of	ADP	IN	_	95	case	_	_
94	considerable	considerable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	95	amod	_	_
95	length	length	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	92	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
96	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	98	punct	_	_
97	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	98	det	_	_
98	majority	majority	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	87	appos	_	_
99	of	of	ADP	IN	_	100	case	_	_
100	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	105	obl	_	_
101	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	105	aux	_	_
102	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	105	advmod	_	_
103	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	105	advmod	_	_
104	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	105	aux:pass	_	_
105	discovered	discover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	98	acl:relcl	_	_
106	elsewhere	elsewhere	ADV	RB	_	105	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
107	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | we | the latter portion of the Lancelot and the Queste |  | the Dutch Lancelot |  | Morte romance *obl*; a group of episodic romances *conj*; thus *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent portion=Patient |
| 2 | **develop** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | fully *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **have** | gerund | Morte romance *not said here* | a version |  | akin |  | for Romance's basis | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent version=Patient |
| 4 | **not** **discover** | present · perfect · passive |  |  |  |  | yet | of the majority; elsewhere *property* | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING» |
| 5 | **form** |  | Prose |  |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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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