--- title: Her forehead was wrapped in silk with many folds, worked with knots,… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: Her forehead was wrapped in silk with many folds, worked with knots, so that naught of her was seen save her black brows, her eyes, her nose, and her lips, and those were bleared, and ill to look upon. 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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: 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:pg66084:4:54 # text = Her forehead was wrapped in silk with many folds, worked with knots, so that naught of her was seen save her black brows, her eyes, her nose, and her lips, and those were bleared, and ill to look upon. 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 forehead forehead NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 wrapped wrap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 silk silk NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 folds fold NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 worked work VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 knots knot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 15 so so SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 16 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 det _ _ 17 naught naught PRON NN PronType=Neg 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nmod _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 22 save save ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 brows brow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 conj _ 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 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 bleared blear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 xcomp _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 advcl _ _ 46 upon upon ADP IN _ 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wrap** | past · passive | | lady's forehead | | silk | | with many folds | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in silk=Destination | | 2 | **work** | participle | | many folds *not said here* | | | | with knots | vn cooperate-73.1-3 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme»: agent=Agent with knot=Co-Agent | | 3 | **see** | past · passive | | naught of lady | | | | save lady's black brows and lady's eyes and lady's nose and lady's lips | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 4 | **blear** | past · passive | | those | | | | ill *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **look** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | 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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/4/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/4/55/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/4/)