--- title: And the fifth five that the hero used were frankness and fellowship… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: And the fifth five that the hero used were frankness and fellowship above all, purity and courtesy that never failed him, and compassion that surpasses all; and in these five virtues was that hero wrapped and clothed. Who acts: hero, purity, compassion. 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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 (hero, purity, compassion), 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:pg66084:3:57 # text = And the fifth five that the hero used were frankness and fellowship above all, purity and courtesy that never failed him, and compassion that surpasses all; and in these five virtues was that hero wrapped and clothed. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 fifth fifth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 8 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 frankness frankness NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 fellowship fellowship NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 13 above above ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 purity purity NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 courtesy courtesy NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 19 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 20 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 failed fail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 compassion compassion NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 27 surpasses surpass VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 28 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 34 det _ _ 33 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nummod _ _ 34 virtues virtue NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 nmod _ _ 37 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 fixed _ _ 38 wrapped wrap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 acl _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 clothed clothe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | participle | | the hero *not said here* | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | the hero | frankness and fellowship above all and purity and courtesy | | | | fellowship above all *conj*; purity and courtesy *conj* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **fail** | past | purity and courtesy | Gawain | | | | compassion *obl* | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality | | 4 | **surpass** | present | compassion | all | | | | | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot all=Theme | | 5 | **wrap** | participle | | hero *not said here* | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **clothe** | participle | | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=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. 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