--- title: For he was clad all in green, with a straight coat, and a mantle abo… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: For he was clad all in green, with a straight coat, and a mantle above; all decked and lined with fur was the cloth and the hood that was thrown back from his locks and lay on his shoulders. Who acts: mantle, all. 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Weston, Opening, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (mantle, all), 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:pg66084:2:6 # text = For he was clad all in green, with a straight coat, and a mantle above; all decked and lined with fur was the cloth and the hood that was thrown back from his locks and lay on his shoulders. 1 For for SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 clad clad VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 all all ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 straight straight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 mantle mantle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:agent _ _ 17 above above ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 19 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 27 nsubj _ _ 20 decked deck VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 acl _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 lined line VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 conj _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 fur fur NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 cloth cloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 hood hood NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 31 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 thrown throw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl:relcl _ _ 34 back back ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 from from ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 locks lock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 40 on on 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 shoulders shoulder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **clad** | past · passive | a mantle | folk | | | | a straight coat *parataxis*; green *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **deck** | participle | | | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **line** | participle | | | | | | with fur | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with fur=Theme | | 4 | **is a** | past | all | the cloth and the hood | | | | the hood *conj* | tree rules | | 5 | **throw back** | past · passive | | the hood | | folk's locks | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: subject=Theme from lock=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **lay** | infinitive | | | | folk's shoulders | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on shoulder=Destination | 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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