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title: In my _Studies on the Legend of Sir Gawain_, already referred to, I… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics
description: In my _Studies on the Legend of Sir Gawain_, already referred to, I have suggested that the character of the lady here is, perhaps, a reminiscence of that of the Queen of the Magic Castle or Isle, daughter or niece of an enchanter, who at an early stage of Gawain’s story was undoubtedly his love. Wh
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# Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-English Arthurian Romance Retold in Modern Prose, Opening, part 1, sentence 26

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In my \_Studies on the Legend of Sir Gawain\_, already referred to, I have suggested that the character of the lady here is, perhaps, a reminiscence of that of the Queen of the Magic Castle or Isle, daughter or niece of an enchanter, who at an early stage of Gawain’s story was undoubtedly his love.

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**Who acts:** character, enchanter, that · **What happens:** refer, suggest, be, reminisce · **To what, where:** Studies, I, love, early stage

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This is a sentence of «Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-English Arthurian Romance Retold in Modern Prose» by Jessie L. Weston, Opening, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (character, enchanter, that), 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:pg66084:1:26
# text = In my _Studies on the Legend of Sir Gawain_, already referred to, I have suggested that the character of the lady here is, perhaps, a reminiscence of that of the Queen of the Magic Castle or Isle, daughter or niece of an enchanter, who at an early stage of Gawain’s story was undoubtedly his love.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
3	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Studies	Study	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	19	obl	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Legend	legend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Sir	Sir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	Gawain	Gawain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	already	already	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	referred	refer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
17	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj:pass	_	_
18	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	suggested	suggest	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
20	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	26	mark	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nsubj	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	_
26	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	19	advmod	_	_
27	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
29	perhaps	perhaps	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
31	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	reminiscence	reminiscence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	parataxis	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	32	nmod	_	_
35	of	of	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	_
38	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
40	Magic	Magic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	compound	_	_
41	Castle	Castle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	nmod	_	_
42	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
43	Isle	Isle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
45	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	conj	_	_
46	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
47	niece	niece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	conj	_	_
48	of	of	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
49	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	enchanter	enchanter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	64	punct	_	_
52	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	64	nsubj	_	_
53	at	at	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
54	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
55	early	early	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	56	amod	_	_
56	stage	stage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	obl	_	_
57	of	of	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
58	Gawain	Gawain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	60	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	’s	's	PART	POS	_	58	case	_	_
60	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	nmod	_	_
61	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	64	cop	_	_
62	undoubtedly	undoubtedly	ADV	RB	_	64	advmod	_	_
63	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	64	nmod:poss	_	_
64	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refer** | participle |  | my Studies on the Legend of Sir *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **suggest** *speech: suggest* | present · perfect · passive |  | I |  | my Studies on the Legend of Sir |  | a reminiscence of that of the Queen of the Magic Castle or Isle and daughter or niece of a enchanter *parataxis* | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |
| 3 | **is** | present | the character of the lady |  |  |  |  | here *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **is a** | past | a enchanter | story's love |  | a early stage of Gawain's story |  | story *nmod:poss*; undoubtedly *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **reminisce** |  | that |  |  |  |  |  | nom reminiscence «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

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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:** «Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-English Arthurian Romance Retold in Modern Prose» by Jessie L. Weston, Project Gutenberg book 66084 (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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