--- title: Thus the king sat before the high table, and spake of many things; a… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: Thus the king sat before the high table, and spake of many things; and there good Sir Gawain was seated by Guinevere the queen, and on her other side sat Agravain,[1] _à la dure main_; both were the king’s sister’s sons and full gallant knights. Who acts: king, Guinevere, la, both. 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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 (king, Guinevere, la, both), 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:pg66084:1:62 # text = Thus the king sat before the high table, and spake of many things; and there good Sir Gawain was seated by Guinevere the queen, and on her other side sat Agravain,[1] _à la dure main_; both were the king’s sister’s sons and full gallant knights. 1 Thus thus ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 before before ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 spake speak NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 18 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 19 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod:desc _ _ 20 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 seated seat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 23 by by ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 Guinevere Guinevere PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 29 on on ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 31 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 33 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 34 Agravain Agravain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 1 1 NUM LS NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 33 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 33 punct _ _ 39 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 à à ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 la la X FW Foreign=Yes 42 nsubj _ _ 42 dure dure VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 parataxis _ _ 43 main main ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ; ; PUNCT : _ 53 punct _ _ 46 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 49 nsubj _ _ 47 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ’s 's PART POS _ 49 case _ _ 51 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ’s 's PART POS _ 51 case _ _ 53 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 parataxis _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 55 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 56 gallant gallant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 knights knight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | the king | | | the high table | | spake of many things *conj*; king sister's sons and full gallant knights *parataxis*; thus *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before table=Location | | 2 | **seat** | past · passive | Guinevere | good Gawain Sir | | | | the queen *obj* | tree rules | | 3 | **sit** | past | the king *not said here* | Agravain | | feast's other side | | 1 *flat* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent agravain=Theme on side=Location | | 4 | **dure** | present | la | | | | | main *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | past | both | | | | | 's the king | tree rules | 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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/1/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/1/63/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/1/)