--- title: Then it fell out that he met with a learned clerk, to whom he told t… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Then it fell out that he met with a learned clerk, to whom he told the vision even as it had appeared to him; and when he had hearkened to his tale, and understood it well, he interpreted it in this wise: "Concerning our lands, great and small, that we thereof should be in great stress and fear ere --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/10/60/) [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/) / [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/10/) / 60 # Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 10, sentence 60 Then it fell out that he met with a learned clerk, to whom he told the vision even as it had appeared to him; and when he had hearkened to his tale, and understood it well, he interpreted it in this wise: "Concerning our lands, great and small, that we thereof should be in great stress and fear ere we might win to them again; for strong were the castles and mighty the armies, therefore did the vision foretell ill to my brother and myself each and singly. **Who acts:** heart, door, we · **What happens:** fall out, meet, learn, tell, appear, hearken · **To what, where:** vision, it, door, heart, wise, lands · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch» by Jessie L. Weston, Opening, part 10. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (heart, door, we), 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:pg8447:10:60 # text = Then it fell out that he met with a learned clerk, to whom he told the vision even as it had appeared to him; and when he had hearkened to his tale, and understood it well, he interpreted it in this wise: "Concerning our lands, great and small, that we thereof should be in great stress and fear ere we might win to them again; for strong were the castles and mighty the armies, therefore did the vision foretell ill to my brother and myself each and singly. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 learned learn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 amod _ _ 11 clerk clerk NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 obl _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 vision vision NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 iobj _ _ 19 even even ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 20 as as SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 appeared appear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 ccomp _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 31 advmod _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 hearkened hearken VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 understood understand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 interpreted interpret VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 46 nsubj _ _ 46 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 : : PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 48 " " PUNCT `` _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 Concerning concern VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 42 advcl _ _ 50 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 lands land NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 53 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 57 that that SCONJ IN _ 70 mark _ _ 58 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 70 nsubj _ _ 59 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ _ 60 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 61 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 64 cop _ _ 62 in in ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 amod _ _ 64 stress stress NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 66 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 conj _ _ 67 ere ere ADV RB _ 70 advmod _ _ 68 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 70 nsubj _ _ 69 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 70 aux _ _ 70 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 advcl _ _ 71 to to ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 72 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 70 obl _ _ 73 again again ADV RB _ 70 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 74 ; ; PUNCT : _ 76 punct _ _ 75 for for ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 76 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 79 amod _ _ 77 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 79 cop _ _ 78 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 79 castles castle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 80 and and CCONJ CC _ 81 cc _ _ 81 mighty mighty VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 82 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 83 det _ _ 83 armies army NOUN NNS Number=Plur 81 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 84 , , PUNCT , _ 86 punct _ _ 85 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 86 advmod _ _ 86 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 87 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 88 det _ _ 88 vision vision NOUN NN Number=Sing 86 obj _ _ 89 foretell foretell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 86 xcomp _ _ 90 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 89 xcomp _ _ 91 to to ADP IN _ 93 case _ _ 92 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 93 nmod:poss _ _ 93 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 90 obl _ _ 94 and and CCONJ CC _ 95 cc _ _ 95 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 86 parataxis _ _ 96 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 95 appos _ _ 97 and and CCONJ CC _ 98 cc _ _ 98 singly singly ADV RB _ 96 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 99 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall out** | past | heart | | | | then | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **meet** | past | door | | | | | with a learned clerk; whom *obl* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with clerk=Co-Agent | | 3 | **learn** | participle | | | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | door | | the vision | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent vision=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **appear** | past · perfect · passive | | it | door | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **hearken** | past · perfect | door | | | | | to door's tale | tree rules | | 7 | **understand** | past | heart *not said here* | heart | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 8 | **interpret** | past | door | heart | | wise this | | | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 9 | **concern** *in a quote* | gerund | door *not said here* | our lands | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus land=Experiencer | | 10 | **is** *in a quote* | should | | | | great stress and fear | | fear *conj*; thereof *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **win** *in a quote* | might | we | | stress | | again | ere *property* | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | | the strong castles | | | | | tree rules | | 13 | **mighty** *in a quote* | past | heart *not said here* | the armies | | | | | tree rules | | 14 | **do** *in a quote* | past | heart *not said here* | the vision | | | | myself *parataxis*; therefore *property* | tree rules | | 15 | **foretell** *in a quote* | infinitive | heart *not said here* | | | | | ill *property* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 16 | **tell** | | door | | | | | | nom tale «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/10/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/10/61/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/10/)