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title: It is clear, to a close observer, that the compiler of the Dutch _La… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics
description: It is clear, to a close observer, that the compiler of the Dutch _Lancelot_ knew the early _Perceval_ tradition in a form closer to the version of the German, than that of the French poet. Who acts: compiler. A sentence of «Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dut
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# Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Amen. Notes, sentence 60

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It is clear, to a close observer, that the compiler of the Dutch \_Lancelot\_ knew the early \_Perceval\_ tradition in a form closer to the version of the German, than that of the French poet.

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**Who acts:** compiler · **What happens:** be, know · **To what, where:** early

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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 (compiler), 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:pg8447:13:60
# text = It is clear, to a close observer, that the compiler of the Dutch _Lancelot_ knew the early _Perceval_ tradition in a form closer to the version of the German, than that of the French poet.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	expl	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	observer	observer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	compiler	compiler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
15	Dutch	dutch	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
16	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	Lancelot	Lancelot	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	19	punct	_	_
19	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	early	early	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	obj	_	_
22	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	Perceval	Perceval	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	25	punct	_	_
25	tradition	tradition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
26	in	in	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	_
29	closer	close	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	28	amod	_	_
30	to	to	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	version	version	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	German	German	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
37	than	than	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
38	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	25	conj	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
41	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	amod	_	_
42	poet	poet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	.	.	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 |  |  |  |  |  | to a close observer; clear *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **know** | past | the compiler of the Dutch Lancelot | the early |  |  |  | Perceval tradition in a form than that of the French poet *obl* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer early=Stimulus |

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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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