--- title: Gawain would bid his host farewell, but the lord took him by the han… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: Gawain would bid his host farewell, but the lord took him by the hand, and led him to his own chamber beside the hearth, and there he thanked him for the favour he had shown him in honouring his dwelling at that high season, and gladdening his castle with his fair countenance. Who acts: Gawain, lord --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/4/75/) [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/) / 75 # Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-English Arthurian Romance Retold in Modern Prose, Opening, part 4, sentence 75 Gawain would bid his host farewell, but the lord took him by the hand, and led him to his own chamber beside the hearth, and there he thanked him for the favour he had shown him in honouring his dwelling at that high season, and gladdening his castle with his fair countenance. **Who acts:** Gawain, lord · **What happens:** bid, take, lead, thank, show, honour · **To what, where:** host, Gawain, own chamber, lord, favour, castle 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 (Gawain, lord), 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:pg66084:4:75 # text = Gawain would bid his host farewell, but the lord took him by the hand, and led him to his own chamber beside the hearth, and there he thanked him for the favour he had shown him in honouring his dwelling at that high season, and gladdening his castle with his fair countenance. 1 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 bid bid VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 farewell farewell ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 by by ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 22 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 24 beside beside ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 hearth hearth NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 31 expl _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 thanked thank VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 favour favour NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 shown show VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 acl:relcl _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 in in SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 41 honouring honour VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 advcl _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Gender=Masc|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 dwelling dwell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 41 conj _ _ 44 at at ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 47 det _ _ 46 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 season season NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 gladdening gladden VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 53 with with ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 54 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 55 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 countenance countenance NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bid** | would | Gawain | Gawain's host | | | | farewell *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **take** | past | the lord | | Gawain | | | by the hand | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | | 3 | **lead** | past | the lord *not said here* | Gawain | | Gawain's own chamber beside the hearth | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to chamber=Destination | | 4 | **thank** *speech: thank* | past | Gawain | | lord | there | | for the favour | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Theme for favour=Attribute | | 5 | **show** | past · perfect | Gawain | the favour *not said here* | lord | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 6 | **honour** | gerund | Gawain *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **dwell** | gerund | Gawain | | | | season | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **gladden** | gerund | Gawain *not said here* | Gawain's castle | | | | with Gawain's fair countenance | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent castle=Patient with countenance=Instrument | 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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/4/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/4/76/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/4/)