--- title: Now the New Year had but newly come in, and on that day a double por… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: Now the New Year had but newly come in, and on that day a double portion was served on the high table to all the noble guests, and thither came the king with all his knights, when the service in the chapel had been sung to an end. Who acts: New Year. 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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 (New Year), 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:pg66084:1:53 # text = Now the New Year had but newly come in, and on that day a double portion was served on the high table to all the noble guests, and thither came the king with all his knights, when the service in the chapel had been sung to an end. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 New New PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 Year Year PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 but but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 newly newly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 9 in in ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 det _ _ 14 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 double double ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 portion portion NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 served serve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 20 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 25 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 28 det:predet _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 noble noble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 guests guest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 thither thither ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 38 det:predet _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 knights knight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 40 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 48 advmod _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 chapel chapel NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 46 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 48 aux:pass _ _ 48 sung sing VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 conj _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | the New Year | | | | now | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **come in** | infinitive | the New Year *not said here* | | | | | newly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **serve** | past · passive | | a double portion | | the high table to all noble guests | day | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute | | 4 | **come** | past | the New Year *not said here* | the king | | | | with Arthur's knights; thither *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location king=Theme | | 5 | **sing** *speech: express* | past · perfect · passive | | the service in the chapel | a end | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to end=Recipient | 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/1/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/1/54/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/1/)