--- title: Silken was her seat, with a fair canopy over her head, of rich tapes… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: Silken was her seat, with a fair canopy over her head, of rich tapestries of Tars, embroidered, and studded with costly gems; fair she was to look upon, with her shining grey eyes, a fairer woman might no man boast himself of having seen. Who acts: Silken, fair, fairer woman. 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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 (Silken, fair, fairer woman), 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:pg66084:1:56 # text = Silken was her seat, with a fair canopy over her head, of rich tapestries of Tars, embroidered, and studded with costly gems; fair she was to look upon, with her shining grey eyes, a fairer woman might no man boast himself of having seen. 1 Silken Silken PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 seat seat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 canopy canopy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 10 over over ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 tapestries tapestry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 Tars Tar PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 embroidered embroider VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 studded stud VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 conj _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 costly costly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 gems gem NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 28 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 nsubj _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 33 upon upon ADP IN _ 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 36 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 37 shining shine VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 39 amod _ _ 38 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 fairer fair ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 43 amod _ _ 43 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 44 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 45 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 46 det _ _ 46 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 47 boast boast VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 acl:relcl _ _ 48 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 47 obj _ _ 49 of of SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 50 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 47 advcl _ _ 51 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 50 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Silken | Silken's seat and rich tapestries of Tars | | | | a fair canopy over Silken's head *appos*; rich tapestries of Tars *conj* | tree rules | | 2 | **embroider** | participle | | | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **stud** | participle | | | | | | with costly gems | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with gem=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | fair | | | | | Silken *nsubj*; Silken's shining grey eyes *conj*; look *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **shine** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **boast** *speech: other* | might | a fairer woman | Guinevere | | | | no man *nsubj* | tree rules | | 7 | **have** | gerund | a fairer woman *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **see** | participle | a fairer woman *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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. 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