Identifying multiple narreme fabliaux involves a number of different issues. Actant distribution is not radically different from that in single narreme narratives. In exceptional cases, as in Les trois Aveugles de Compiegne, the characters featured in the first episteme, the three blind men and the itinerant clerk, are different from those in the second episteme, the clerk and the innkeeper, and from those in the third episteme, the innkeeper and the village priest. Incidents of pattern (iii), where only one of the protagonists from the first episteme carries over to the second, are more prevalent than in single narreme fabliaux. Generally, however, multiple narreme narratives conform like their simpler counterparts to patterns (i) or (ii). The situation for the logical variables is recognisably different. In all instances of multiple narreme fabliaux and in only a select few single narreme fabliaux, the logical variables change completely between epistemes, and where this happens, in contrast to single narreme narratives, there is normally no narrative connection to draw the diverse episodes into a more intimate relationship with one another.

Of greater significance in establishing narremic boundaries is the structure of individual episodes. Since patterns (E) and (EE) introduce a new character in the narreme, the appearance of such a figure indicates that a narremic boundary has been reached. Conversely if a character investing the role of authority figure or victim fails to appear, as happens for example in Les deus Vilains or Estula, no narremic boundary has been reached, and we are dealing with a single narreme fabliau.