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title: Further, judging from these stories it would seem probable that the… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics
description: Further, judging from these stories it would seem probable that the requisite modification began with the earlier generation, _i.e._, Perceval himself still retaining traces of his secular and folk-tale origin, while his father and mother have already been brought under the influence of the ecclesia
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# Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 1, sentence 57

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Further, judging from these stories it would seem probable that the requisite modification began with the earlier generation, \_i.e.\_, Perceval himself still retaining traces of his secular and folk-tale origin, while his father and mother have already been brought under the influence of the ecclesiasticised Grail tradition.

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**Who acts:** it, requisite modification, Perceval · **What happens:** judge, seem, begin, retain, bring, ecclesiasticis · **To what, where:** stories, traces, father, influence

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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 (it, requisite modification, Perceval), 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:pg8447:1:57
# text = Further, judging from these stories it would seem probable that the requisite modification began with the earlier generation, _i.e._, Perceval himself still retaining traces of his secular and folk-tale origin, while his father and mother have already been brought under the influence of the ecclesiasticised Grail tradition.
1	Further	further	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	judging	judge	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	seem	seem	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	probable	probable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	requisite	requisite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	modification	modification	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	earlier	early	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	19	amod	_	_
19	generation	generation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
21	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	i.e.	i.e.	ADV	FW	_	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
25	Perceval	Perceval	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	nsubj	_	_
26	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes	25	nmod:unmarked	_	_
27	still	still	ADV	RB	_	28	advmod	_	_
28	retaining	retain	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	conj	_	_
29	traces	trace	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	obj	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
31	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	37	nmod:poss	_	_
32	secular	secular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	amod	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
34	folk	folk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	34	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	compound	_	_
37	origin	origin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
39	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	47	mark	_	_
40	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	41	nmod:poss	_	_
41	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	nsubj	_	_
42	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
43	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	conj	_	_
44	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	47	aux	_	_
45	already	already	ADV	RB	_	47	advmod	_	_
46	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	47	aux:pass	_	_
47	brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	28	parataxis	_	_
48	under	under	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	influence	influence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	_
51	of	of	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
53	ecclesiasticised	ecclesiasticis	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	55	amod	_	_
54	Grail	grail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	compound	_	_
55	tradition	tradition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **judge** | gerund |  |  |  | this stories |  | further *property* | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **seem** | would | it |  |  |  |  | probable *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **begin** | past | the requisite modification |  |  |  | with the earlier generation |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with generation=Subeventuality |
| 4 | **retain** | gerund | Perceval  Perceval | traces of Perceval's secular tale origin |  |  | still |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **bring** | present · perfect · passive |  | Perceval's father and mother |  | the influence of the ecclesiasticised Grail tradition |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Destination |
| 6 | **ecclesiasticis** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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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