--- title: Then we turn back to these faded pages, and read the quaintly earnes… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: Then we turn back to these faded pages, and read the quaintly earnest words in which the old writer reveals the hidden meaning of that mystic symbol, the pentangle, and vindicates Gawain’s title to claim it as his badge—and we smile, perhaps; but we cease to wonder at the widespread popularity of Ki --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/1/35/) [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/) / [Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Mid…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/) / [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/1/) / 35 # Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-English Arthurian Romance Retold in Modern Prose, Opening, part 1, sentence 35 Then we turn back to these faded pages, and read the quaintly earnest words in which the old writer reveals the hidden meaning of that mystic symbol, the pentangle, and vindicates Gawain’s title to claim it as his badge—and we smile, perhaps; but we cease to wonder at the widespread popularity of King Arthur’s famous nephew, or at the immense body of romance that claims him as its hero. **Who acts:** we, old writer, immense body, Gawain, writer · **What happens:** turn back, fade, read, reveal, vindicate, claim · **To what, where:** immense body, earnest words, hidden meaning, title, widespread popularity, writer 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 (we, old writer, immense body, Gawain), 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:pg66084:1:35 # text = Then we turn back to these faded pages, and read the quaintly earnest words in which the old writer reveals the hidden meaning of that mystic symbol, the pentangle, and vindicates Gawain’s title to claim it as his badge—and we smile, perhaps; but we cease to wonder at the widespread popularity of King Arthur’s famous nephew, or at the immense body of romance that claims him as its hero. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 turn turn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 back back ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 7 faded fade VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 amod _ _ 8 pages page NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 read read VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 quaintly quaintly ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 14 earnest earn ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 15 amod _ _ 15 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 obl _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 writer writer NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 reveals reveal VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 hidden hidden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 det _ _ 27 mystic mystic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 symbol symbol NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 pentangle pentangle NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 vindicates vindicate VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 35 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ’s 's PART POS _ 35 case _ _ 37 title title NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 claim claim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 acl _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 as as ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 badge badge NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 — - PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 smile smile VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 49 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ; ; PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 but but CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 52 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 cease cease VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 54 to to PART TO _ 55 mark _ _ 55 wonder wonder VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 xcomp _ _ 56 at at ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 58 widespread widespread ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 popularity popularity NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 61 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 62 compound _ _ 62 Arthur Arthur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 65 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 63 ’s 's PART POS _ 62 case _ _ 64 famous famous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 65 nephew nephew NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 67 or or CCONJ CC _ 71 cc _ _ 68 at at ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 70 immense immense ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 71 amod _ _ 71 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 72 of of ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 73 romance romance NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 nmod _ _ 74 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 75 nsubj _ _ 75 claims claim VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 71 acl:relcl _ _ 76 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 75 obj _ _ 77 as as ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 78 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 79 nmod:poss _ _ 79 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 80 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn back** | present | we | | | the immense body of romance | then | to this faded pages | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to page=Destination | | 2 | **fade** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **read** | infinitive | we *not said here* | the earnest words | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic | | 4 | **reveal** | present | the old writer | the hidden meaning of that mystic symbol and the pentangle | | the earnest words | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Topic | | 5 | **vindicate** | present | | Gawain's title | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **claim** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | | title | | | | as writer's badge | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 7 | **smile** | present | we | | | | | perhaps *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **cease** | present | we | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 9 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | | | the widespread popularity of King Arthur's famous nephew | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 10 | **claim** *speech: other* | present | the immense body of romance | writer | | | | as body's hero | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Topic | | 11 | **mean** | | | that mystic symbol and the pentangle | | | | | nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 12 | **title** | | Gawain | | | | | | nom title «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 13 | **badge** | | writer | | | | | | nom badge «communication transitive»: 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:** «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. - ← previous: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/1/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/1/36/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/1/)