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title: And when the king heard of the coming of these three knights, then w… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics
description: And when the king heard of the coming of these three knights, then was he right joyful at that time; and when he learnt concerning Sir Agloval, how his wedding feast had been held, and of the valiant deeds that Morien had done in his own land, then were king and queen alike glad at heart. Who acts: 
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# Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 12, sentence 72

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And when the king heard of the coming of these three knights, then was he right joyful at that time; and when he learnt concerning Sir Agloval, how his wedding feast had been held, and of the valiant deeds that Morien had done in his own land, then were king and queen alike glad at heart.

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**Who acts:** king, Morien · **What happens:** hear, come, be, learn, concern, hold · **To what, where:** Agloval, wedding feast, own land, king · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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, Opening, part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, Morien), 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:pg8447:12:72
# text = And when the king heard of the coming of these three knights, then was he right joyful at that time; and when he learnt concerning Sir Agloval, how his wedding feast had been held, and of the valiant deeds that Morien had done in his own land, then were king and queen alike glad at heart.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
2	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	coming	come	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	ccomp	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	12	det	_	_
11	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	knights	knight	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
14	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	18	advmod	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
17	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	joyful	joyful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	parataxis	_	_
19	at	at	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	21	det	_	_
21	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
24	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	26	advmod	_	_
25	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
26	learnt	learn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
27	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	26	xcomp	_	_
28	Sir	Sir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	nmod:desc	_	_
29	Agloval	Agloval	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
31	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	37	advmod	_	_
32	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	34	nmod:poss	_	_
33	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	compound	_	_
34	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	nsubj:pass	_	_
35	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	37	aux	_	_
36	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	37	aux:pass	_	_
37	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	29	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
39	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	valiant	valiant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obl	_	_
43	deeds	deed	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
44	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	47	mark	_	_
45	Morien	Morien	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	47	nsubj	_	_
46	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	47	aux	_	_
47	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	43	advcl	_	_
48	in	in	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
49	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	51	nmod:poss	_	_
50	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	amod	_	_
51	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
53	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	55	advmod	_	_
54	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	55	cop	_	_
55	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obl	_	_
56	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	57	cc	_	_
57	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	conj	_	_
58	alike	alike	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	59	amod	_	_
59	glad	glad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	nmod	_	_
60	at	at	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
61	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past | the king |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **come** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | of this three knights | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of knight=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **is** | past | king |  |  |  | then; time | joyful *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **learn** | past | king |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 5 | **concern** | gerund | king *not said here* | Agloval  Sir |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus agloval=Experiencer |
| 6 | **hold** | past · perfect · passive |  | king's wedding feast |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 7 | **deed** | present | the king *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of the valiant | tree rules |
| 8 | **do** | past · perfect | Morien |  |  | king's own land |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **is a** | past |  | king and queen |  |  | then | alike glad at heart *nmod*; queen *conj* | tree rules |

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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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