--- title: It seems clear that if a genuine tradition of a Moor as near kinsman… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: It seems clear that if a genuine tradition of a Moor as near kinsman to Perceval really existed--and I see no reason to doubt that it did--it must have belonged to the Perceval story prior to the development of the Grail tradition, _e.g._, to such a stage as that hinted at by the chess-board adventu --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/1/56/) [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/) / 56 # Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 1, sentence 56 It seems clear that if a genuine tradition of a Moor as near kinsman to Perceval really existed--and I see no reason to doubt that it did--it must have belonged to the Perceval story prior to the development of the Grail tradition, \_e.g.\_, to such a stage as that hinted at by the chess-board adventure of the "Didot" \_Perceval\_ and Gautier's poem, when the hero was as ready to take advantage of his \_bonnes fortunes\_ as other heroes of popular folk tales. **Who acts:** It, genuine tradition, I, tradition, board adventure, hero · **What happens:** seem, exist, see, doubt, do, belong · **To what, where:** reason, stage, advantage, \_ bonnes, Grail tradition, Didot 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 (It, genuine tradition, I, tradition), 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:pg8447:1:56 # text = It seems clear that if a genuine tradition of a Moor as near kinsman to Perceval really existed--and I see no reason to doubt that it did--it must have belonged to the Perceval story prior to the development of the Grail tradition, _e.g._, to such a stage as that hinted at by the chess-board adventure of the "Didot" _Perceval_ and Gautier's poem, when the hero was as ready to take advantage of his _bonnes fortunes_ as other heroes of popular folk tales. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 seems seem VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 5 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 genuine genuine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 tradition tradition NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Moor moor NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 as as ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 near near ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 kinsman kinsman NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Perceval Perceval PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 17 really really ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 existed exist VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 -- -- PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 23 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 24 det _ _ 24 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 doubt doubt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 acl _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 -- -- PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 aux _ _ 34 belonged belong VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 conj _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 Perceval Perceval PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 39 prior prior ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 42 case _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 39 fixed _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 development development NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 Grail grail NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 tradition tradition NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 e.g. e.g. ADV FW _ 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 52 to to ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 53 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 55 det:predet _ _ 54 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 stage stage NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 56 as as SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 57 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 58 nsubj:pass _ _ 58 hinted hint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 55 acl _ _ 59 at at ADP IN _ 58 obl _ _ 60 by by ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 62 chess chess NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 63 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 62 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 board board NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 compound _ _ 65 adventure adventure NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ _ 66 of of ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 68 " " PUNCT `` _ 69 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 69 Didot Didot PROPN NNP Number=Sing 65 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 70 " " PUNCT '' _ 69 punct _ _ 71 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 69 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 72 Perceval Perceval PROPN NNP Number=Sing 69 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 73 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 69 punct _ _ 74 and and CCONJ CC _ 77 cc _ _ 75 Gautier Gautier PROPN NNP Number=Sing 77 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 76 's 's PART POS _ 75 case _ _ 77 poem poem NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 78 , , PUNCT , _ 84 punct _ _ 79 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 84 advmod _ _ 80 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 81 det _ _ 81 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 84 nsubj _ _ 82 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 84 cop _ _ 83 as as ADP IN _ 84 case _ _ 84 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 conj _ _ 85 to to PART TO _ 86 mark _ _ 86 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 84 xcomp _ _ 87 advantage advantage NOUN NN Number=Sing 86 obj _ _ 88 of of ADP IN _ 91 case _ _ 89 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 91 nmod:poss _ _ 90 _ _ ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 91 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 91 bonnes bonne NOUN NNS Number=Plur 86 obl _ _ 92 fortunes fortune NOUN NNS Number=Plur 93 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 93 _ _ VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 91 acl:relcl _ _ 94 as as ADP IN _ 96 case _ _ 95 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 96 amod _ _ 96 heroes hero NOUN NNS Number=Plur 93 obl _ _ 97 of of ADP IN _ 100 case _ _ 98 popular popular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 100 amod _ _ 99 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 100 compound _ _ 100 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 96 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 101 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seem** | present | It | | | | | such stage *parataxis*; clear *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **exist** | past | a genuine tradition of a Moor as near kinsman to Perceval | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **see** | present | I | no reason | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer reason=Stimulus | | 4 | **doubt** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | no reason *not said here* | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **do** | past | tradition | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **belong** | must · perfect | tradition | | | | | to the Perceval story; prior the development of the Grail tradition | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **hint** *speech: other* | participle · passive | the board adventure of the Didot and Gautier's poem | such stage | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-2 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent subject=Topic | | 8 | **is** | past | the hero | | | | | ready *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **take** | to-infinitive | the hero *not said here* | advantage | | | | of Perceval's \_ bonnes | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent advantage=Theme of bonne=Initial\_Location | | 10 | **\_** | present | fortunes | Perceval's \_ bonnes *not said here* | | | | as other heroes of popular folk tales | tree rules | | 11 | **develop** | | | the Grail tradition | | | | | nom development «act transitive»: of=patient | | 12 | **adventure** | | | the Didot and Gautier's poem | | | | | nom adventure «act 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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/1/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/1/57/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/1/)