--- title: Thus with gay words the lord made trial to gladden Gawain with jests… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: Thus with gay words the lord made trial to gladden Gawain with jests that night, till it was time to bid them light the tapers, and Sir Gawain took leave of them and gat him to rest. Who acts: lord, trial, Sir. 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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 (lord, trial, Sir), 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:pg66084:4:62 # text = Thus with gay words the lord made trial to gladden Gawain with jests that night, till it was time to bid them light the tapers, and Sir Gawain took leave of them and gat him to rest. 1 Thus thus ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 2 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 gay gay ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 7 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 amod _ _ 8 trial trial NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 gladden gladden VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 11 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 jests jest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 14 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 15 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 till till ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl:unmarked _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 bid bid VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 acl _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 light light VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 tapers taper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 30 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 flat _ _ 31 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 32 leave leave NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nmod _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 gat gat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | participle | | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 2 | **gladden** | to-infinitive | the lord and made trial | Gawain | | | | with gay words; with jests that night; thus *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent gawain=Patient with word=Instrument | | 3 | **is** | past | trial | | | | till time | | tree rules | | 4 | **bid** | to-infinitive | the lord and made trial *not said here* | jests *= jest* | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **light** | infinitive | the lord and made trial *not said here* | the tapers | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent taper=Product | | 6 | **take** | past | Sir | leave of tapers | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leave=Theme | | 7 | **gat** | infinitive | Sir *not said here* | lord | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **rest** | to-infinitive | Sir *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=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. 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