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title: The best known instance, however, is probably that of the _Nibelunge… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics
description: The best known instance, however, is probably that of the _Nibelungenlied_ where Kriemhild's suspicions that Hagen is Siegfred's murderer are in this manner verified. Who acts: suspicions, best known instance, Kriemhild. A sentence of «Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the 
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# Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Amen. Notes, sentence 44

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The best known instance, however, is probably that of the \_Nibelungenlied\_ where Kriemhild's suspicions that Hagen is Siegfred's murderer are in this manner verified.

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**Who acts:** suspicions, best known instance, Kriemhild · **What happens:** know, be, verify, suspect · **To what, where:** that, murderer, manner

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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 (suspicions, best known instance, Kriemhild), 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:pg8447:13:44
# text = The best known instance, however, is probably that of the _Nibelungenlied_ where Kriemhild's suspicions that Hagen is Siegfred's murderer are in this manner verified.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	amod	_	_
3	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	instance	instance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	however	however	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	30	nsubj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	Nibelungenlied	Nibelungenlied	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	30	punct	_	_
16	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	30	advmod	_	_
17	Kriemhild	Kriemhild	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	's	PART	POS	_	17	case	_	_
19	suspicions	suspicion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	nsubj	_	_
20	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	25	nsubj	_	_
21	Hagen	Hagen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	nsubj	_	_
22	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	25	cop	_	_
23	Siegfred	Siegfred	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	's	's	PART	POS	_	23	case	_	_
25	murderer	murderer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	acl:relcl	_	_
26	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	29	cop	_	_
27	in	in	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	29	det	_	_
29	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nsubj	_	_
30	verified	verify	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	30	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | that |  |  |  | however, probably *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | present | Kriemhild's suspicions | Siegfred's murderer |  |  |  | Hagen *nsubj*; Siegfred *nmod:poss* | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** | present |  |  |  | this manner |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **verify** | past | the best known instance |  |  |  |  | of the Nibelungenlied; Kriemhild's suspicions *nsubj* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **suspect** |  | Kriemhild |  |  |  |  |  | nom suspicion «cognition transitive»: poss=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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