--- title: So far I have not met with the latter in any version of the prose _L… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: So far I have not met with the latter in any version of the prose _Lancelot_, though Dr. Sommer in his _Studies on the Sources of Malory_, refers to him as mentioned in that romance; in the _Tristan_, on the contrary, he is a leading figure. Who acts: I, brother. A sentence of «Morien: A Metrical Ro --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/13/5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered in…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/) / [Amen. Notes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/13/) / 5 # Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Amen. Notes, sentence 5 So far I have not met with the latter in any version of the prose \_Lancelot\_, though Dr. Sommer in his \_Studies on the Sources of Malory\_, refers to him as mentioned in that romance; in the \_Tristan\_, on the contrary, he is a leading figure. **Who acts:** I, brother · **What happens:** not meet, refer, mention, lead, be · **To what, where:** Sommer, version, Malory, romance, leading figure 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 (I, brother), 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:pg8447:13:5 # text = So far I have not met with the latter in any version of the prose _Lancelot_, though Dr. Sommer in his _Studies on the Sources of Malory_, refers to him as mentioned in that romance; in the _Tristan_, on the contrary, he is a leading figure. 1 So so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 met meet VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 latter latter ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 obl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 12 det _ _ 12 version version NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 prose prose NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 Lancelot Lancelot PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 18 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 though though SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 Dr. Dr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod:desc _ _ 22 Sommer Sommer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 25 _ _ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 26 Studies Study PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ _ 27 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Sources source NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Malory Malory PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 refers refer VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 38 mentioned mention VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 advcl _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 41 det _ _ 41 romance romance NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 Tristan Tristan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 47 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 on on ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 contrary contrary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 53 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 54 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 57 cop _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 56 leading lead VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 57 amod _ _ 57 figure figure NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **meet** | present · perfect | I | Sommer Dr. in Sommer's \_ Studies on the Sources of Malory | | any version of the prose | | with the latter; Lancelot *parataxis*; the Tristan *parataxis*; far *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with latter=Co-Agent | | 2 | **refer** | present | I *not said here* | | Malory | | | | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to he=Co-Theme | | 3 | **mention** *speech: other* | participle | I *not said here* | | | that romance | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **lead** | gerund | | | | | | | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition | | 5 | **is a** | present | brother | a leading figure | | | | | tree rules | 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. 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. - ← previous: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/13/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/13/6/) - ↑ back to [Amen. Notes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/13/)