--- title: And all these, five-fold, were linked one in the other, so that they… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: And all these, five-fold, were linked one in the other, so that they had no end, and were fixed on five points that never failed, neither at any side were they joined or sundered, nor could ye find beginning or end. Who acts: virtues, five points, ye. 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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 (virtues, five points, ye), 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:pg66084:3:58 # text = And all these, five-fold, were linked one in the other, so that they had no end, and were fixed on five points that never failed, neither at any side were they joined or sundered, nor could ye find beginning or end. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 2 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 3 det:predet _ _ 3 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 10 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 fold fold NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 9 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 linked link VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 11 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 obj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 19 mark _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 fixed _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 20 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 21 det _ _ 21 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 fixed fix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 conj _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nummod _ _ 28 points point NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ _ 29 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 30 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 failed fail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 33 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 36 cc:preconj _ _ 34 at at ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 36 det _ _ 36 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 joined join VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 conj _ _ 40 or or CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 sundered sunder VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 46 cc _ _ 44 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 46 nsubj _ _ 46 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 parataxis _ _ 47 beginning beginning NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 48 or or CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **link** | past · passive | | these | | | | one *obj* | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP ADJP»: subject=Patient one=Result | | 2 | **have** | past | virtues *= virtue* | no end | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent end=Patient | | 3 | **fix** | past · passive | virtues *= virtue* *not said here* | | | five points | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle» | | 4 | **not** **fail** | past | five points | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **join** | past · passive | | any side | | | | virtues *= virtue* *nsubj* | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **sunder** | participle | | | | | | | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **find** | could | ye | beginning or end | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beginning=Topic | 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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/3/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/3/59/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/3/)