--- title: It is, I think, noticeable that the romance containing this feature,… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: It is, I think, noticeable that the romance containing this feature, the _Parzival_, also, contrary to the _Early History_ versions, connects him with the Grail through his mother, instead of through his father. Who acts: It, romance. 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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, romance), 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:pg8447:1:60 # text = It is, I think, noticeable that the romance containing this feature, the _Parzival_, also, contrary to the _Early History_ versions, connects him with the Grail through his mother, instead of through his father. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 noticeable noticeable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 ccomp _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 romance romance NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 containing contain VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 12 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 13 feature feature NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 Parzival Parzival PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 also also ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 contrary contrary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 25 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 Early early ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 History history NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 29 punct _ _ 29 versions version NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 connects connect VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 Grail grail NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 through through ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 44 case _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 40 fixed _ _ 42 through through ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | I *nsubj*; think *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **contain** | gerund | the romance | this feature | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot feature=Theme | | 3 | **be** | | | versions | | | | to the Early History | tree rules | | 4 | **connect** | present | | Perceval | | | | with the Grail; through Perceval's mother; Perceval's father *conj* | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient with grail=Co-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. 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