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Weston, Opening, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Clad, lord), 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:pg66084:4:18 # text = Clad in his shining armour they led him to the hall, where a great fire burnt brightly on the floor; and the lord of the household came forth from his chamber to meet the hero fitly. 1 Clad Clad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 shining shine VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 armour armour NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 11 conj _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 17 burnt burnt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl _ _ 18 brightly brightly ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 household household NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 30 forth forth ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 from from ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 fitly fitly ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shine** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **lead** | past | Clad in Clad's shining armour | Sir | | the hall | | men *= man* *nsubj* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to hall=Destination | | 3 | **burnt** | participle | | a great fire *not said here* | | the floor | | brightly *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **come** | past | the lord of the household | | | Sir's chamber | | forth *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from chamber=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **meet** | to-infinitive | the lord of the household *not said here* | the hero | | | | fitly *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hero=Co-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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/4/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/4/19/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/4/)