--- title: Then before the hearth-place, whereon the fire burned, they made rea… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: Then before the hearth-place, whereon the fire burned, they made ready a chair for Gawain, hung about with cloth and fair cushions; and there they cast around him a mantle of brown samite, richly embroidered and furred within with costly skins of ermine, with a hood of the same, and he seated himsel --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/4/30/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Mid…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/) / [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/4/) / 30 # Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-English Arthurian Romance Retold in Modern Prose, Opening, part 4, sentence 30 Then before the hearth-place, whereon the fire burned, they made ready a chair for Gawain, hung about with cloth and fair cushions; and there they cast around him a mantle of brown samite, richly embroidered and furred within with costly skins of ermine, with a hood of the same, and he seated himself in that rich seat, and warmed himself at the fire and was cheered at heart. **Who acts:** fire, curtains · **What happens:** burn, make, hang about, cast, embroider, fur · **To what, where:** ready chair, mantle, brown samite, fire, rich seat, heart This is a sentence of «Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-English Arthurian Romance Retold in Modern Prose» by Jessie L. 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 (fire, curtains), 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:pg66084:4:30 # text = Then before the hearth-place, whereon the fire burned, they made ready a chair for Gawain, hung about with cloth and fair cushions; and there they cast around him a mantle of brown samite, richly embroidered and furred within with costly skins of ermine, with a hood of the same, and he seated himself in that rich seat, and warmed himself at the fire and was cheered at heart. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 before before ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 hearth hearth NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 whereon whereon ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 burned burn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 15 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 chair chair NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 hung hang VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 22 about about ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 cloth cloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 cushions cushion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 cast cast VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 33 around around ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 mantle mantle NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 brown brown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 samite samite NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 richly richly ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 embroidered embroider VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 acl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 furred fur VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 conj _ _ 45 within within ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 with with ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 costly costly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 skins skin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 ermine ermine NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 with with ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 hood hood NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 60 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 61 seated seat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 62 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 61 obj _ _ 63 in in ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 64 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 66 det _ _ 65 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 66 seat seat NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 69 warmed warm VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 parataxis _ _ 70 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 69 obj _ _ 71 at at ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 73 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obl _ _ 74 and and CCONJ CC _ 76 cc _ _ 75 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 76 aux:pass _ _ 76 cheered cheer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 69 conj _ _ 77 at at ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 78 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 79 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burn** | past | the fire | | | | | whereon *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **make** | past | curtains *= curtain* | a ready chair | | | | for Gawain | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent chair=Material for gawain=Beneficiary | | 3 | **hang about** | past | curtains *= curtain* *not said here* | | | | | with cloth and fair cushions; about *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **cast** | past | curtains *= curtain* | a mantle of brown samite | | there | | around fire | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent mantle=Theme around he=Destination | | 5 | **embroider** | participle | | brown samite *not said here* | | | | richly *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **fur** | participle | | | | | | within costly skins of ermine; with a hood of the same | tree rules | | 7 | **seat** | past | fire | fire | | that rich seat | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent himself=Value in seat=Location | | 8 | **warm** | past | | fire | | the fire | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | | 9 | **cheer** | past · passive | | | | heart | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/4/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/4/31/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/4/)