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title: It is noticeable that Chrétien de Troyes in the parallel passage of… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics
description: It is noticeable that Chrétien de Troyes in the parallel passage of his poem has no such allusion, nor can I recall any passage in the works of that poet which indicates any knowledge, on his part, of this characteristic of Gawain. Who acts: tradition, Chrétien, parallel passage, I. A sentence of «M
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# Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Amen. Notes, sentence 15

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It is noticeable that Chrétien de Troyes in the parallel passage of his poem has no such allusion, nor can I recall any passage in the works of that poet which indicates any knowledge, on his part, of this characteristic of Gawain.

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**Who acts:** tradition, Chrétien, parallel passage, I, poet · **What happens:** be, de, have, recall, indicate, work · **To what, where:** Troyes, parallel passage, such allusion, passage, works, knowledge

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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, Amen. Notes. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (tradition, Chrétien, parallel passage, I), 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:pg8447:13:15
# text = It is noticeable that Chrétien de Troyes in the parallel passage of his poem has no such allusion, nor can I recall any passage in the works of that poet which indicates any knowledge, on his part, of this characteristic of Gawain.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	noticeable	noticeable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	Chrétien	Chrétien	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	de	de	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	Troyes	troy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	parallel	parallel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	poem	poem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
15	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
16	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	18	det	_	_
17	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	allusion	allusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
20	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	23	cc	_	_
21	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
22	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
23	recall	recall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
24	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	25	det	_	_
25	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	_
26	in	in	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	works	work	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	nmod	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	31	det	_	_
31	poet	poet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nmod	_	_
32	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	33	nsubj	_	_
33	indicates	indicate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	31	acl:relcl	_	_
34	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	35	det	_	_
35	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
37	on	on	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	39	nmod:poss	_	_
39	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
41	of	of	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
42	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	43	det	_	_
43	characteristic	characteristic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
44	of	of	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
45	Gawain	Gawain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | tradition |  |  |  |  | noticeable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **de** | past | Chrétien | Troyes |  | the parallel passage |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **have** | present | the parallel passage *not said here* | no such allusion |  |  |  | of Chrétien's poem | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent allusion=Patient |
| 4 | **recall** | can | I | any passage |  | the works of that poet |  | of this characteristic of Gawain; Chrétien's part *parataxis* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent passage=Theme of characteristic=Source |
| 5 | **indicate** | present | that poet | any knowledge |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot knowledge=Topic |
| 6 | **work** |  | that poet |  |  |  |  |  | nom work «act 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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