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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 (Arthur, king, bade), 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:pg66084:2:65 # text = Then Arthur commanded the knight to rise, and he rose up quickly and knelt down before the king, and caught hold of the weapon; and the king loosed his hold of it, and lifted up his hand, and gave him his blessing, and bade him be strong both of heart and hand. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 Arthur Arthur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 rise rise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 up up ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 knelt kneel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 16 down down ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 before before ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 23 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 weapon weapon NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 loosed loose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 39 up up ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 iobj _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 blessing blessing NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 50 bade bade NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 53 cop _ _ 53 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 54 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 56 det _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 58 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **command** | past | Arthur | the knight | | | then | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent knight=Theme | | 2 | **rise** | to-infinitive | Arthur *not said here* | the knight *not said here* | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **rise up** | past | Arthur | | | | | quickly *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **kneel down** | past | Arthur *not said here* | | | | before the king | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before king=Location | | 5 | **catch** | past | Arthur *not said here* | hold of the weapon | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Theme | | 6 | **loose** | past | the king | king's hold of hold | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hold=Patient | | 7 | **lift up** | past | the king *not said here* | king's hand | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme | | 8 | **give** | past | the king *not said here* | king's blessing | king | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient blessing=Theme | | 9 | **is** | infinitive | bade | | | | | king *nsubj*; both heart and hand *nsubj*; strong *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **hold** | | | the weapon | | | | | nom hold «act transitive»: of=patient | | 11 | **hold** | | king | hold | | | | | nom hold «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient | | 12 | **bless** | | king | | | | | | nom blessing «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/2/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/2/66/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/2/)