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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 fell	advmod
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fell	nsubj
3	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 fell	compound:prt
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 met	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 met	nsubj
7	met	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 fell	advcl
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 clerk	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 clerk	det
10	learned	learn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 clerk	amod
11	clerk	clerk	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 met	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 whom	punct
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 whom	case
14	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 met	obl
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 told	nsubj
16	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 whom	acl:relcl
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 vision	det
18	vision	vision	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 told	iobj
19	even	even	ADV	_	23 appeared	advmod
20	as	as	SCONJ	_	23 appeared	mark
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 appeared	nsubj:pass
22	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 appeared	aux
23	appeared	appear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 told	ccomp
24	to	to	ADP	_	25 him	case
25	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 appeared	obl
26	;	;	PUNCT	_	31 hearkened	punct
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 hearkened	cc
28	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	31 hearkened	advmod
29	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 hearkened	nsubj
30	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 hearkened	aux
31	hearkened	hearken	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 fell	conj
32	to	to	ADP	_	34 tale	case
33	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	34 tale	nmod:poss
34	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 hearkened	obl
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 understood	punct
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 understood	cc
37	understood	understand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 fell	conj
38	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 understood	obj
39	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	37 understood	advmod
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 interpreted	punct
41	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 interpreted	nsubj
42	interpreted	interpret	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 fell	conj
43	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 interpreted	obj
44	in	in	ADP	_	46 wise	case
45	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	46 wise	nsubj
46	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 interpreted	obl
47	:	:	PUNCT	_	49 Concerning	punct
48	"	"	PUNCT	_	49 Concerning	punct
49	Concerning	concern	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	42 interpreted	advcl
50	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	51 lands	nmod:poss
51	lands	land	NOUN	Number=Plur	49 Concerning	obj
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 great	punct
53	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 lands	amod
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	55 small	cc
55	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	53 great	conj
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 win	punct
57	that	that	SCONJ	_	70 win	mark
58	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	70 win	nsubj
59	thereof	thereof	ADV	_	64 stress	advmod
60	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	64 stress	aux
61	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	64 stress	cop
62	in	in	ADP	_	64 stress	case
63	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	64 stress	amod
64	stress	stress	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 we	obl
65	and	and	CCONJ	_	66 fear	cc
66	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 stress	conj
67	ere	ere	ADV	_	70 win	advmod
68	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	70 win	nsubj
69	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	70 win	aux
70	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	49 Concerning	advcl
71	to	to	ADP	_	72 them	case
72	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	70 win	obl
73	again	again	ADV	_	70 win	advmod
74	;	;	PUNCT	_	76 strong	punct
75	for	for	ADP	_	76 strong	case
76	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	79 castles	amod
77	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	79 castles	cop
78	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	79 castles	det
79	castles	castle	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 fell	obj
80	and	and	CCONJ	_	81 mighty	cc
81	mighty	mighty	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 fell	conj
82	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	83 armies	det
83	armies	army	NOUN	Number=Plur	81 mighty	obj
84	,	,	PUNCT	_	86 did	punct
85	therefore	therefore	ADV	_	86 did	advmod
86	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 fell	conj
87	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	88 vision	det
88	vision	vision	NOUN	Number=Sing	86 did	obj
89	foretell	foretell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	86 did	xcomp
90	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	89 foretell	xcomp
91	to	to	ADP	_	93 brother	case
92	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	93 brother	nmod:poss
93	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	90 ill	obl
94	and	and	CCONJ	_	95 myself	cc
95	myself	myself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	86 did	parataxis
96	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	95 myself	appos
97	and	and	CCONJ	_	98 singly	cc
98	singly	singly	ADV	_	96 each	conj
99	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 fell	punct

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.

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🌲 Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 10, sentence 60

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Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 10, sentence 60