--- title: It is easy to understand why the hero ceased to be considered Percev… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: It is easy to understand why the hero ceased to be considered Perceval's son--the opening lines of the poem describe the situation perfectly; but I do not think it has been sufficiently realised that precisely the same causes which would operate to the suppression of this relationship would equally --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/1/53/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered in…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/) / [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/1/) / 53 # Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 1, sentence 53 It is easy to understand why the hero ceased to be considered Perceval's son--the opening lines of the poem describe the situation perfectly; but I do not think it has been sufficiently realised that precisely the same causes which would operate to the suppression of this relationship would equally operate to the suppression of that of the \_Parzival\_. **Who acts:** hero, opening lines, I, it, same causes, relationship · **What happens:** be, understand, cease, consider, describe, not think · **To what, where:** son, situation, suppression, that · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (hero, opening lines, I, it), 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:pg8447:1:53 # text = It is easy to understand why the hero ceased to be considered Perceval's son--the opening lines of the poem describe the situation perfectly; but I do not think it has been sufficiently realised that precisely the same causes which would operate to the suppression of this relationship would equally operate to the suppression of that of the _Parzival_. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 expl _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 easy easy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 understand understand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 csubj _ _ 6 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 ceased cease VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 considered consider VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 ccomp _ _ 13 Perceval Perceval PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 14 's 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 -- -- PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 opening opening ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 lines line NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 poem poem NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 describe describe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 acl:relcl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 situation situation NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 perfectly perfectly ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 32 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 34 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 35 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 cop _ _ 36 sufficiently sufficiently ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 realised realise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 ccomp _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 39 precisely precisely ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 causes cause NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nsubj _ _ 43 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 44 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 operate operate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 ccomp _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 suppression suppression NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 49 of of SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 50 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 51 det _ _ 51 relationship relationship NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ _ 52 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 53 equally equally ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 54 operate operate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 acl _ _ 55 to to ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 suppression suppression NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 57 nmod _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 62 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 63 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 Parzival Parzival PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 64 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | easy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **understand** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **cease** | past | the hero | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **consider** | to-infinitive · passive | the hero *not said here* | Perceval's son the opening lines of the poem | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S» | | 5 | **describe** | infinitive | the opening lines of the poem *not said here* | the situation | | | | perfectly *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent situation=Theme | | 6 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | present · do-support | I | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **is** | present · perfect | it | | | | | realise, sufficiently *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **operate** | would | the same causes | | | | | to the suppression; which *nsubj* | vn function-105.2.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **operate** | would | this relationship | the suppression *not said here* | | | | to the suppression of that of the Parzival; equally *property* | vn function-105.2.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Theme suppression=Attribute | | 10 | **suppress** | | | that of the Parzival | | | | | nom suppression «process 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/1/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/1/54/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/1/)