--- title: With that came the hermit into the chapel, and spake, and told them… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: With that came the hermit into the chapel, and spake, and told them how he had heard tidings from pilgrims who had come thither that the Red Knight and his companions had but late ridden the road that led toward the sea coast, though he had marked it not; 'twas but yesterday he had been told thereof --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/8/1/) [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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/8/) / 1 # Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 8, sentence 1 With that came the hermit into the chapel, and spake, and told them how he had heard tidings from pilgrims who had come thither that the Red Knight and his companions had but late ridden the road that led toward the sea coast, though he had marked it not; 'twas but yesterday he had been told thereof. **Who acts:** hermit, pilgrims, Red Knight, road · **What happens:** come, tell, hear, have, ride, lead · **To what, where:** spake, chapel, twas, tidings, pilgrims, road · **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 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (hermit, pilgrims, Red Knight, road), 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:pg8447:8:1 # text = With that came the hermit into the chapel, and spake, and told them how he had heard tidings from pilgrims who had come thither that the Red Knight and his companions had but late ridden the road that led toward the sea coast, though he had marked it not; 'twas but yesterday he had been told thereof. 1 With with ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obl _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 hermit hermit NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 6 into into ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 chapel chapel NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 spake speak NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 iobj _ _ 16 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 advmod _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 ccomp _ _ 20 tidings tiding NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 21 from from ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 pilgrims pilgrim NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 23 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 acl:relcl _ _ 26 thither thither ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 Red Red PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 flat _ _ 30 Knight Knight PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 companions companion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 conj _ _ 34 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 late late ADV RB Degree=Pos 37 advmod _ _ 37 ridden ride VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 conj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 41 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 42 toward toward ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 45 coast coast NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 though though SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj:pass _ _ 49 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 marked mark VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 conj _ _ 51 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ _ 52 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 50 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ; ; PUNCT : _ 55 punct _ _ 54 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 twas twa NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 iobj _ _ 56 but but CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 57 yesterday yesterday NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 conj _ _ 58 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 59 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 60 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 61 aux:pass _ _ 61 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 57 acl:relcl _ _ 62 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the hermit | spake | | the chapel | | with that | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into chapel=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the hermit *not said here* | | twas but yesterday | | | them *= they* *iobj* | tree rules | | 3 | **hear** | past · perfect | hermit | tidings | | pilgrims | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent tiding=Topic from pilgrim=Source | | 4 | **come** | past · perfect | pilgrims | | | | | thither *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **have** | past | the Red Knight and hermit's companions | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **ride** | participle | hermit *not said here* | the road | | | | late *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Theme | | 7 | **lead** | past | the road | | | the sea coast | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent toward coast=Destination | | 8 | **not** **mark** | past · perfect · passive | | hermit | | | | road *obj* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme it=Attribute | | 9 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · perfect · passive | | hermit | | | | thereof *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | 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: [Opening, part 7, 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/7/87/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/8/2/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/8/)