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title: When Morien, the son of Sir Agloval, had heard and understood this t… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics
description: When Morien, the son of Sir Agloval, had heard and understood this tale, he asked forthwith if any there within could give him true tidings and make known to him the road to the hermitage whither his uncle had betaken himself, and where his father lay wounded; since he would fain know thereof. Who a
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# Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 8, sentence 91

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When Morien, the son of Sir Agloval, had heard and understood this tale, he asked forthwith if any there within could give him true tidings and make known to him the road to the hermitage whither his uncle had betaken himself, and where his father lay wounded; since he would fain know thereof.

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**Who acts:** Sir, any, uncle, father · **What happens:** hear, understand, ask, give, make, know · **To what, where:** Morien, tale, true tidings, Sir, road

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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 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Sir, any, uncle, father), 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:pg8447:8:91
# text = When Morien, the son of Sir Agloval, had heard and understood this tale, he asked forthwith if any there within could give him true tidings and make known to him the road to the hermitage whither his uncle had betaken himself, and where his father lay wounded; since he would fain know thereof.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
2	Morien	Morien	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Sir	Sir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	Agloval	Agloval	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
10	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	heard	hear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	advcl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	understood	understand	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	conj	_	_
14	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	det	_	_
15	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
19	forthwith	forthwith	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	xcomp	_	_
20	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
21	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	25	nsubj:outer	_	_
22	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	25	expl	_	_
23	within	within	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	_
25	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	ccomp	_	_
26	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	iobj	_	_
27	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
28	tidings	tiding	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	obj	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
30	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin	18	conj	_	_
31	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	30	xcomp	_	_
32	to	to	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	obl	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obl	_	_
36	to	to	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	hermitage	hermitage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nmod	_	_
39	whither	whither	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	43	advmod	_	_
40	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	41	nmod:poss	_	_
41	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	nsubj	_	_
42	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	43	aux	_	_
43	betaken	betake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	38	acl:relcl	_	_
44	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	43	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
46	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	50	cc	_	_
47	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	50	advmod	_	_
48	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	49	nmod:poss	_	_
49	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	nsubj	_	_
50	lay	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	conj	_	_
51	wounded	wounded	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	50	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	56	punct	_	_
53	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	56	mark	_	_
54	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	56	nsubj	_	_
55	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	56	aux	_	_
56	fain	fain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	conj	_	_
57	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	56	xcomp	_	_
58	thereof	thereof	ADV	RB	_	57	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past · perfect · passive |  | Morien |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus |
| 2 | **understand** | participle |  | this tale |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer tale=Stimulus |
| 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Sir |  |  |  |  | forthwith *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **give** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | any | true tidings | Sir | there |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient tiding=Theme |
| 5 | **make** | present | Sir *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **know** | participle | Sir *not said here* | the road to the hermitage | Sir |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 7 | **betake** | past · perfect | Sir's uncle | Sir |  |  |  | whither *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **lie** | past | Sir's father |  |  |  |  | wounded *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **fain** | would | Sir |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 10 | **know** | infinitive | Sir *not said here* |  |  |  |  | thereof *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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