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title: The _Morien_ is for me a welcome piece of evidence in support of the… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics
description: The _Morien_ is for me a welcome piece of evidence in support of the theory that sees in the poem of Wolfram von Eschenbach the survival of a genuine variant of the _Perceval_ story, differing in important particulars from that preserved by Chrétien de Troyes, and based upon a French original, now, 
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# Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 1, sentence 61

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The \_Morien\_ is for me a welcome piece of evidence in support of the theory that sees in the poem of Wolfram von Eschenbach the survival of a genuine variant of the \_Perceval\_ story, differing in important particulars from that preserved by Chrétien de Troyes, and based upon a French original, now, unfortunately, lost.

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**Who acts:** Morien, theory, Perceval · **What happens:** be, see, differ, preserve, base, lose · **To what, where:** welcome piece, poem, important particulars, that, French original, theory

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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 (Morien, theory, 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:pg8447:1:61
# text = The _Morien_ is for me a welcome piece of evidence in support of the theory that sees in the poem of Wolfram von Eschenbach the survival of a genuine variant of the _Perceval_ story, differing in important particulars from that preserved by Chrétien de Troyes, and based upon a French original, now, unfortunately, lost.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	_	_	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Morien	Morien	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	3	punct	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	welcome	welcome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	support	support	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	theory	theory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
18	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	19	nsubj	_	_
19	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	acl:relcl	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	poem	poem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	Wolfram	Wolfram	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	_
25	von	von	PROPN	NNP	_	24	flat	_	_
26	Eschenbach	Eschenbach	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	flat	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	survival	survival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	appos	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
30	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	genuine	genuine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	variant	variant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nmod	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
35	_	_	PUNCT	``	_	36	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	Perceval	Perceval	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	38	punct	_	_
38	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
40	differing	differ	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	conj	_	_
41	in	in	ADV	RB	_	43	advmod	_	_
42	important	important	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	amod	_	_
43	particulars	particular	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	obj	_	_
44	from	from	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
45	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	43	nmod	_	_
46	preserved	preserve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	43	acl	_	_
47	by	by	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
48	Chrétien	Chrétien	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	50	compound	_	_
49	de	de	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	48	flat	_	_
50	Troyes	troy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
52	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
53	based	base	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
54	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
55	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
56	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	57	amod	_	_
57	original	original	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	_
59	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	63	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	61	punct	_	_
61	unfortunately	unfortunately	ADV	RB	_	63	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	61	punct	_	_
63	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	57	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the Morien | a welcome piece and story |  |  |  | for me; of evidence in support of the theory; story *conj* | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | present | the theory |  |  | the poem of Wolfram |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **differ** | gerund | the Morien *not said here* | important particulars |  | that |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **preserve** | participle |  | important particulars *not said here* |  |  |  | by Chrétien Troyes | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **base** | participle |  | a welcome piece and story *not said here* |  |  |  | upon a French original | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **lose** | participle |  | a French original *not said here* |  |  | now | unfortunately *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **support** |  |  | the theory |  |  |  |  | nom support «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 8 | **survive** |  |  | a genuine variant of the Perceval |  |  |  |  | nom survival «state transitive»: of=patient |
| 9 | **vary** |  | the Perceval |  |  |  |  |  | nom variant «event intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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