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description: The natural inference, and that drawn by M. Gaston Paris, who, so far, appears to be the only scholar who has seriously occupied himself with this interesting version, is that those episodic romances, of which we possess no other copy, are also derived from a French source. Who acts: natural inferen
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# Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 1, sentence 36

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The natural inference, and that drawn by M. Gaston Paris, who, so far, appears to be the only scholar who has seriously occupied himself with this interesting version, is that those episodic romances, of which we possess no other copy, are also derived from a French source.

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**Who acts:** natural inference, we, only scholar · **What happens:** draw, appear, be, occupy, possess · **To what, where:** natural inference, only scholar, other copy, episodic romances, French source

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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 (natural inference, we, only scholar), 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:pg8447:1:36
# text = The natural inference, and that drawn by M. Gaston Paris, who, so far, appears to be the only scholar who has seriously occupied himself with this interesting version, is that those episodic romances, of which we possess no other copy, are also derived from a French source.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	natural	natural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	inference	inference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	nsubj	_	_
7	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	M.	M.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	Gaston	Gaston	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	Paris	Paris	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	18	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
18	appears	appear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	23	mark	_	_
20	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	cop	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	scholar	scholar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	ccomp	_	_
24	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	27	nsubj:pass	_	_
25	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	27	aux	_	_
26	seriously	seriously	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	_
27	occupied	occupy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	23	acl:relcl	_	_
28	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	27	obj	_	_
29	with	with	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
30	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	32	det	_	_
31	interesting	interesting	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	version	version	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
34	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	50	cop	_	_
35	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	50	mark	_	_
36	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	38	det	_	_
37	episodic	episodic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
38	romances	romance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	50	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	43	obl	_	_
42	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	43	nsubj	_	_
43	possess	possess	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	38	acl:relcl	_	_
44	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	46	det	_	_
45	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	amod	_	_
46	copy	copy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
48	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	50	aux:pass	_	_
49	also	also	ADV	RB	_	50	advmod	_	_
50	derived	derive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	23	acl	_	_
51	from	from	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
52	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
53	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	54	amod	_	_
54	source	source	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | participle | the natural inference | the natural inference *not said here* |  |  |  | by M. Gaston | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inference=Theme |
| 2 | **appear** | present | the natural inference |  |  |  |  | far *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | to-infinitive | the natural inference *not said here* | the only scholar |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **occupy** | present · perfect · passive |  | the only scholar |  |  |  | with this interesting version; inference *obj*; seriously *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer himself=Result |
| 5 | **possess** | present | we | no other copy |  |  |  | of that episodic romances | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot copy=Theme |
| 6 | **is** | present · passive | the only scholar *not said here* | that episodic romances |  | a French source |  | derive *property* | tree rules |

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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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