--- title: The knight lay there awhile, and marvelled within himself what her c… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: The knight lay there awhile, and marvelled within himself what her coming might betoken; and he said to himself, “’Twere more seemly if I asked her what hath brought her hither.” Who acts: knight, coming, lord. 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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 (knight, coming, 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:pg66084:5:34 # text = The knight lay there awhile, and marvelled within himself what her coming might betoken; and he said to himself, “’Twere more seemly if I asked her what hath brought her hither.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 5 awhile awhile ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 marvelled marvell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 within within ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 8 obl _ _ 11 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 15 obj _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 csubj _ _ 14 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 betoken betoken VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 “ " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ’ ' X GW _ 19 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 Twere Twere PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 goeswith _ _ 26 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 27 advmod _ _ 27 seemly seemly ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 28 if if SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 31 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 iobj _ _ 32 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 34 obj _ _ 33 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 ccomp _ _ 35 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 hither hither ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** | past | the knight | | | there | | awhile *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **marvell** | past | the knight *not said here* | | | | | within lord | tree rules | | 3 | **come** | gerund | | | | | | wife *nmod:poss* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **betoken** | might | coming | | | | | what *obj* | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | lord | | lord | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | lord | | wife | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **bring** *in a quote* | present · passive | | | | | | what *obj*; hither *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: what=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. 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/5/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/5/35/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/5/)