--- title: In the morn when all men call to mind how Christ our Lord was born o… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: In the morn when all men call to mind how Christ our Lord was born on earth to die for us, there is joy, for His sake, in all dwellings of the world; and so was there here on that day. Who acts: men, joy. 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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 (men, joy), 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:pg66084:4:64 # text = In the morn when all men call to mind how Christ our Lord was born on earth to die for us, there is joy, for His sake, in all dwellings of the world; and so was there here on that day. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 morn morn NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 4 when when SCONJ WRB _ 7 mark _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 call call VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 mind mind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 11 Christ Christ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 advcl _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 23 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 24 expl _ _ 24 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 25 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 sake sake NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 33 det _ _ 33 dwellings dwelling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 conj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 so so ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 41 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 advmod _ _ 42 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 41 advmod _ _ 43 on on ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 45 det _ _ 45 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | present | all men | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **mind** | to-infinitive | all men *not said here* | | | | | | vn care-88.1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **bear** | past · passive | | Christ and our Lord | | earth | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **die** | to-infinitive | | | | | | for us | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for we=Theme | | 5 | **does** | present | joy and lord's sake and all dwellings of the world | | | the morn; there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in morn=Location | | 6 | **is** | past | | | | here | day | there *property* | tree rules | 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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