--- title: Two versions of this story have already been given in this series, t… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Two versions of this story have already been given in this series, the dragon adventure in _Tristan_ (No. II) and that of the stag in _Tyolet_ (No. III.); this is inferior to either, but appears to combine characteristics of both. Who acts: this. A sentence of «Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered in --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/13/66/) [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/) / 66 # Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Amen. Notes, sentence 66 Two versions of this story have already been given in this series, the dragon adventure in \_Tristan\_ (No. II) and that of the stag in \_Tyolet\_ (No. III.); this is inferior to either, but appears to combine characteristics of both. **Who acts:** this · **What happens:** give, be, appear, combine · **To what, where:** Two versions, series, characteristics 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 (this), 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:pg8447:13:66 # text = Two versions of this story have already been given in this series, the dragon adventure in _Tristan_ (No. II) and that of the stag in _Tyolet_ (No. III.); this is inferior to either, but appears to combine characteristics of both. 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 versions version NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 5 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 7 already already ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 8 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 12 series series NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 adventure adventure NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 appos _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Tristan Tristan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 19 punct _ _ 21 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 No. no. NOUN NN Abbr=Yes|Number=Sing 19 appos _ _ 23 II II NUM CD NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card 22 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 22 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 nsubj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 stag stag NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 _ _ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 Tyolet Tyolet PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 33 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 9 punct _ _ 34 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 No. no. NOUN NN Abbr=Yes|Number=Sing 9 parataxis _ _ 36 III III NUM CD NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card 35 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 42 nsubj _ _ 41 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 42 inferior inferior ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 either either DET DT PronType=Ind 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 but but CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 appears appear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 combine combine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 xcomp _ _ 50 characteristics characteristic NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · perfect · passive | | Two versions of this story | | this series and the stag that in \_ | | No. *parataxis* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | this | | | | | to either; inferior *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **appear** | present | | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 4 | **combine** | to-infinitive | | characteristics of both | | | | | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent characteristic=Patient | 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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/13/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/13/67/) - ↑ back to [Amen. Notes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/13/)