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title: It is quite clear that the Dutch compiler understood his text well,… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics
description: It is quite clear that the Dutch compiler understood his text well, and though possibly somewhat hampered by the necessity of turning prose into verse (this version, contrary to the otherwise invariable rule of the later _Lancelot_ romances, being rhymed), he renders it with remarkable fidelity. Who
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# Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 1, sentence 35

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It is quite clear that the Dutch compiler understood his text well, and though possibly somewhat hampered by the necessity of turning prose into verse (this version, contrary to the otherwise invariable rule of the later \_Lancelot\_ romances, being rhymed), he renders it with remarkable fidelity.

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**Who acts:** Dutch compiler, necessity, invariable rule, Lancelot · **What happens:** be, understand, hamper, turn, rhyme, render · **To what, where:** text, prose, verse, Lancelot

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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 (Dutch compiler, necessity, invariable rule, Lancelot), 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:pg8447:1:35
# text = It is quite clear that the Dutch compiler understood his text well, and though possibly somewhat hampered by the necessity of turning prose into verse (this version, contrary to the otherwise invariable rule of the later _Lancelot_ romances, being rhymed), he renders it with remarkable fidelity.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	expl	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Dutch	dutch	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	compiler	compiler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	understood	understand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
15	though	though	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
16	possibly	possibly	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
17	somewhat	somewhat	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	hampered	hamper	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
19	by	by	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	necessity	necessity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
22	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
23	turning	turn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	21	acl	_	_
24	prose	prose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	_
25	into	into	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	verse	verse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
27	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	29	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	29	det	_	_
29	version	version	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
31	contrary	contrary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
32	to	to	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
34	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	RB	_	35	advmod	_	_
35	invariable	invariable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	amod	_	_
36	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obl	_	_
37	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	46	mark	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	46	advmod	_	_
40	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	41	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	Lancelot	Lancelot	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	46	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	43	punct	_	_
43	romances	romance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	41	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
45	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	46	aux:pass	_	_
46	rhymed	rhyme	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	36	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	29	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
49	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	nsubj	_	_
50	renders	render	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	conj	_	_
51	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	obj	_	_
52	with	with	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	remarkable	remarkable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	54	amod	_	_
54	fidelity	fidelity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | clear *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **understand** | past | the Dutch compiler | compiler's text |  |  |  | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer text=Stimulus |
| 3 | **hamper** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by the necessity; possibly, somewhat, though *property* | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer |
| 4 | **turn** | gerund | the necessity *not said here* | prose |  | verse |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent prose=Theme into verse=Trajectory |
| 5 | **rhyme** | gerund · passive | the invariable rule *not said here* | Lancelot and romances |  |  |  | late *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 6 | **render** | present | Lancelot | Prose |  |  |  | with remarkable fidelity | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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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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