--- title: Full early, ere daylight, the folk rose up; the guests who would dep… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: Full early, ere daylight, the folk rose up; the guests who would depart called their grooms, and they made them ready, and saddled the steeds, tightened up the girths, and trussed up their mails. Who acts: ere daylight, guests, daylight, steeds. 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Weston, Opening, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (ere daylight, guests, daylight, steeds), 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:pg66084:5:12 # text = Full early, ere daylight, the folk rose up; the guests who would depart called their grooms, and they made them ready, and saddled the steeds, tightened up the girths, and trussed up their mails. 1 Full full ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 ere ere ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 daylight daylight NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 9 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 up up ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 guests guest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 14 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 15 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 depart depart VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 acl:relcl _ _ 17 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 xcomp _ _ 18 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 grooms groom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 24 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 saddled saddle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 steeds steed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 tightened tighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl _ _ 33 up up ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 girths girth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 trussed truss VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 conj _ _ 39 up up ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 mails mail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rise up** | past | ere daylight and the folk | the guests | | | | early *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **depart** | would | the guests | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **call** | participle | the guests *not said here* | | daylight's grooms | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent groom=Recipient | | 4 | **make** | past | daylight | grooms *= groom* | | | | ready *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product | | 5 | **saddle** | past | ere daylight and the folk *not said here* | the steeds | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent steed=Destination | | 6 | **tighten up** | participle | the steeds *not said here* | the girths | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent girth=Patient | | 7 | **truss up** | participle | ere daylight and the folk *not said here* | daylight's mails | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mail=Patient | | 8 | **mail** | | daylight | | | | | | nom mail «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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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