--- title: Then they took him between them, and talking, led him to the chamber… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: Then they took him between them, and talking, led him to the chamber, to the hearth, and bade them bring spices, and they brought them in plenty with the good wine that was wont to be drunk at such seasons. Who acts: friends, good wine. 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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 (friends, good wine), 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:pg66084:4:59 # text = Then they took him between them, and talking, led him to the chamber, to the hearth, and bade them bring spices, and they brought them in plenty with the good wine that was wont to be drunk at such seasons. 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 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 between between ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 talking talk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 hearth hearth NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 bade bade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 spices spice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 plenty plenty NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 37 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 39 wont wont ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 acl:relcl _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 drunk drink VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 advcl _ _ 43 at at ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 seasons season NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | friends *= friend* | | Gawain | | then | between arms *= arm* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | | 2 | **talk** | gerund | | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **lead** | past | friends *= friend* *not said here* | Gawain | | the chamber | | the hearth *parataxis* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to chamber=Destination | | 4 | **bade** | past | friends *= friend* *not said here* | friends *= friend* | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **bring** | infinitive | friends *= friend* *not said here* | spices | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent spice=Theme | | 6 | **bring** | past | friends *= friend* | spices *= spice* | | plenty | | with the good wine | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 7 | **is** | past | the good wine | | | | | wont *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **drink** | to-infinitive · passive | the good wine *not said here* | | | | season | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V» | 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. 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