--- title: It is a sign that Solomon set ere-while, as betokening truth; for it… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: It is a sign that Solomon set ere-while, as betokening truth; for it is a figure with five points and each line overlaps the other, and nowhere hath it beginning or end, so that in English it is called “the endless knot.” Who acts: pentangle, Solomon, figure. 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Weston, Opening, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (pentangle, Solomon, figure), 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:pg66084:3:51 # text = It is a sign that Solomon set ere-while, as betokening truth; for it is a figure with five points and each line overlaps the other, and nowhere hath it beginning or end, so that in English it is called “the endless knot.” 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 Solomon Solomon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl _ _ 8 ere ere ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 13 betokening betoken VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 14 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 figure figure NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nummod _ _ 23 points point NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 26 det _ _ 26 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 27 overlaps overlap VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 nowhere nowhere ADV RB PronType=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 33 hath have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 beginning begin VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 ccomp _ _ 36 or or CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 39 so so SCONJ IN _ 45 advmod _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 fixed _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 English English PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 44 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 parataxis _ _ 46 “ " PUNCT `` _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 endless endless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 knot knot NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ” " PUNCT '' _ 49 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | pentangle | a sign | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **set** | past | Solomon | a sign *not said here* | | | while | ere *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient sign=Result | | 3 | **betoken** | gerund | Solomon *not said here* | truth | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | present | pentangle | | | | | for a figure and each line; with five points; each line *conj* | tree rules | | 5 | **overlap** | present | a figure and each line | the other | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent other=Patient | | 6 | **have** | present | | | | | | nowhere *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **begin** | gerund | pentangle | | | | end | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 8 | **call** | present · passive | | pentangle | | English | | the endless knot *xcomp* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | 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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