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title: And another custom he had also, that came of his nobility, that he w… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics
description: And another custom he had also, that came of his nobility, that he would never eat upon an high day till he had been advised of some knightly deed, or some strange and marvellous tale, of his ancestors, or of arms, or of other ventures. Who acts: custom. A sentence of «Sir Gawain and the Green Knigh
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# Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-English Arthurian Romance Retold in Modern Prose, Opening, part 1, sentence 58

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And another custom he had also, that came of his nobility, that he would never eat upon an high day till he had been advised of some knightly deed, or some strange and marvellous tale, of his ancestors, or of arms, or of other ventures.

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**Who acts:** custom · **What happens:** have, come, not eat, advise · **To what, where:** custom

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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 (custom), 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:pg66084:1:58
# text = And another custom he had also, that came of his nobility, that he would never eat upon an high day till he had been advised of some knightly deed, or some strange and marvellous tale, of his ancestors, or of arms, or of other ventures.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
2	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
3	custom	custom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	also	also	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	nsubj	_	_
9	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	nobility	nobility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
16	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
17	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
18	eat	eat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
19	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
23	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	27	mark	_	_
24	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj:pass	_	_
25	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	aux	_	_
26	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	27	aux:pass	_	_
27	advised	advise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	advcl	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
29	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	31	det	_	_
30	knightly	knightly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	deed	deed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
33	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
34	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	38	det	_	_
35	strange	strange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
37	marvellous	marvellous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	conj	_	_
38	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	42	nmod:poss	_	_
42	ancestors	ancestor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
44	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
45	of	of	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
46	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
48	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc	_	_
49	of	of	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
50	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	amod	_	_
51	ventures	venture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | custom | another custom *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent custom=Patient |
| 2 | **come** | past | another custom |  |  |  |  | of custom's nobility; that *nsubj* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of nobility=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **not** **eat** | would | custom |  |  |  | day |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **advise** *speech: other* | past · perfect · passive |  | custom |  |  |  | of some knightly deed; of custom's ancestors of arms or other ventures; some strange tale *conj* | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP PP.topic»: subject=Recipient of deed=Topic |

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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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