--- title: Then the lord led Sir Gawain to a chamber, and commanded folk to wai… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: Then the lord led Sir Gawain to a chamber, and commanded folk to wait upon him, and at his bidding there came men enough who brought the guest to a fair bower. Who acts: lord, bidding, men, Gawain. 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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 (lord, bidding, men, Gawain), 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:pg66084:4:25 # text = Then the lord led Sir Gawain to a chamber, and commanded folk to wait upon him, and at his bidding there came men enough who brought the guest to a fair bower. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:desc _ _ 6 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 13 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 16 upon upon ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 20 at at ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 bidding bidding NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 23 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 22 advmod _ _ 24 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 25 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 26 enough enough ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 28 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 guest guest NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 bower bower NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lead** | past | the lord | Gawain Sir | | a chamber | then | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent gawain=Theme to chamber=Destination | | 2 | **command** | past | the lord *not said here* | folk | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent folk=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **wait** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the lord *not said here* | | | | | upon Gawain | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon he=Location | | 4 | **come** | past | Gawain's bidding | men | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location man=Theme | | 5 | **bring** | past | men | the guest | | a fair bower | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent guest=Theme to bower=Destination | | 6 | **bid** | | Gawain | | | | | | nom bidding «communication 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/4/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/4/26/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/4/)