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title: Then they questioned that prince courteously of whence he came; and… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics
description: Then they questioned that prince courteously of whence he came; and he told them that he was of the court of Arthur, who is the rich royal King of the Round Table, and that it was Gawain himself who was within their walls, and would keep Christmas with them, as the chance had fallen out. Who acts: w
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# Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-English Arthurian Romance Retold in Modern Prose, Opening, part 4, sentence 37

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Then they questioned that prince courteously of whence he came; and he told them that he was of the court of Arthur, who is the rich royal King of the Round Table, and that it was Gawain himself who was within their walls, and would keep Christmas with them, as the chance had fallen out.

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**Who acts:** walls, Sir, court, table, Gawain, chance · **What happens:** question, come, tell, be, keep, fall out · **To what, where:** prince, walls, rich royal King, Gawain, Christmas · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (walls, Sir, court, table), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg66084:4:37
# text = Then they questioned that prince courteously of whence he came; and he told them that he was of the court of Arthur, who is the rich royal King of the Round Table, and that it was Gawain himself who was within their walls, and would keep Christmas with them, as the chance had fallen out.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	questioned	question	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	courteously	courteously	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	whence	whence	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
15	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	iobj	_	_
16	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	21	mark	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
18	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	ccomp	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	Arthur	Arthur	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
25	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	30	nsubj	_	_
26	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	30	cop	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
28	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
29	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
30	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	appos	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
33	Round	Round	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	compound	_	_
34	Table	Table	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
37	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	40	mark	_	_
38	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	40	nsubj	_	_
39	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	40	cop	_	_
40	Gawain	Gawain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	parataxis	_	_
41	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	40	nmod	_	_
42	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	46	nsubj	_	_
43	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	46	cop	_	_
44	within	within	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	46	nmod:poss	_	_
46	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
48	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	50	cc	_	_
49	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	50	aux	_	_
50	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	40	parataxis	_	_
51	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	50	obj	_	_
52	with	with	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
53	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
55	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	59	mark	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
57	chance	chance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	nsubj	_	_
58	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	59	aux	_	_
59	fallen	fall	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	50	conj	_	_
60	out	out	ADP	RP	_	59	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **question** *speech: other* | past | walls *= wall* |  | prince |  | then |  | vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Recipient |
| 2 | **come** | past | Sir |  |  |  |  | courteously, whence *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Sir |  | walls *= wall* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient |
| 4 | **is** | past | Sir |  |  |  |  | of the court; of Arthur | tree rules |
| 5 | **is a** | present | the court | the rich royal King |  |  |  | of the Round Table | tree rules |
| 6 | **is a** | past | table | Gawain |  |  |  | Sir *nmod* | tree rules |
| 7 | **is** | past | Gawain |  |  |  |  | within walls's walls | tree rules |
| 8 | **keep** | would |  | Christmas |  |  |  | with walls *= wall* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent christmas=Theme |
| 9 | **fall out** | past · perfect | the chance |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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