--- title: Rich red were the cheeks of the one, rough and wrinkled those of the… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: Rich red were the cheeks of the one, rough and wrinkled those of the other; the kerchiefs of the one were broidered with many glistening pearls, her throat and neck bare, and whiter than the snow that lies on the hills; the neck of the other was swathed in a gorget, with a white wimple over her blac --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/4/53/) [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/) / 53 # Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-English Arthurian Romance Retold in Modern Prose, Opening, part 4, sentence 53 Rich red were the cheeks of the one, rough and wrinkled those of the other; the kerchiefs of the one were broidered with many glistening pearls, her throat and neck bare, and whiter than the snow that lies on the hills; the neck of the other was swathed in a gorget, with a white wimple over her black chin. **Who acts:** snow · **What happens:** be, wrinkle, broider, glisten, lie, swathe · **To what, where:** Rich red cheeks, those, kerchiefs, hills, neck 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 (snow), 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:pg66084:4:53 # text = Rich red were the cheeks of the one, rough and wrinkled those of the other; the kerchiefs of the one were broidered with many glistening pearls, her throat and neck bare, and whiter than the snow that lies on the hills; the neck of the other was swathed in a gorget, with a white wimple over her black chin. 1 Rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 2 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 cheeks cheek NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 rough rough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 wrinkled wrinkle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 conj _ _ 13 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 12 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 kerchiefs kerchief NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 broidered broider VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 parataxis _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 27 glistening glisten VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 amod _ _ 28 pearls pearl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 throat throat NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 34 bare bare ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 whiter white ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 24 conj _ _ 38 than than ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 42 lies lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 43 on on ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 53 punct _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj:pass _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 nmod _ _ 52 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux:pass _ _ 53 swathed swathe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 conj _ _ 54 in in ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 gorget gorget NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 58 with with ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 59 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 60 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 wimple wimple NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 62 over over ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 63 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 65 nmod:poss _ _ 64 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 65 chin chin NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the Rich red cheeks | | | | of the one | tree rules | | 2 | **wrinkle** | participle | | those of the other | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent that=Patient | | 3 | **broider** | past · passive | | the kerchiefs of the one | | | | with many glistening pearls and lady's throat and neck | tree rules | | 4 | **glisten** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **lie** | present | the snow | | | the hills | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on hill=Location | | 6 | **swathe** | past · passive | | the neck of the other | | | | with a white wimple over lady's black chin; in a gorget | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in gorget=Theme | 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/4/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/4/54/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/4/)