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title: The points of difference are that whereas Morien is black all over,… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics
description: The points of difference are that whereas Morien is black all over, save his teeth, Feirefis is parti-coloured, black and white--a curious conception, which seems to point to an earlier stage of thought; Morien is a Christian, Feirefis a heathen--the more probable version. Who acts: points, curious 
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# Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 1, sentence 52

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The points of difference are that whereas Morien is black all over, save his teeth, Feirefis is parti-coloured, black and white--a curious conception, which seems to point to an earlier stage of thought; Morien is a Christian, Feirefis a heathen--the more probable version.

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**Who acts:** points, curious conception, Morien · **What happens:** be, save, seem, point · **To what, where:** teeth, Feirefis parti, earlier stage, Christian, difference

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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 (points, curious conception, Morien), 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:pg8447:1:52
# text = The points of difference are that whereas Morien is black all over, save his teeth, Feirefis is parti-coloured, black and white--a curious conception, which seems to point to an earlier stage of thought; Morien is a Christian, Feirefis a heathen--the more probable version.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	points	point	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	difference	difference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Morien	Morien	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
11	all	all	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	over	over	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
18	Feirefis	Feirefis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
20	parti	parti	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	coloured	coloured	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
24	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	conj	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
26	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
29	curious	curious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
30	conception	conception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
32	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	33	nsubj	_	_
33	seems	seem	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	30	acl:relcl	_	_
34	to	to	PART	TO	_	35	mark	_	_
35	point	point	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	33	xcomp	_	_
36	to	to	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
37	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
38	earlier	early	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	39	amod	_	_
39	stage	stage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	thought	thought	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
43	Morien	Morien	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	46	nsubj	_	_
44	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	46	cop	_	_
45	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	Christian	Christian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
48	Feirefis	Feirefis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	46	conj	_	_
49	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	heathen	heathen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
53	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	54	advmod	_	_
54	probable	probable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	amod	_	_
55	version	version	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the points of difference |  |  |  |  | whereas Morien; a curious conception *conj*; the probable version *conj*; black, over *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **save** | infinitive | the points of difference *not said here* | MORIEN's teeth |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | present |  | Feirefis parti |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **be** |  | the points of difference *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **seem** | present | a curious conception |  |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 6 | **point** | to-infinitive | a curious conception *not said here* |  | a earlier stage of thought |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to stage=Recipient |
| 7 | **is a** | present | Morien | a Christian and Feirefis |  |  |  | Feirefis *conj*; a heathen *nsubj* | tree rules |
| 8 | **point** |  |  | difference |  |  |  |  | nom point «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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