--- title: The lord commanded them all to assemble in the great hall, and the l… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: The lord commanded them all to assemble in the great hall, and the ladies to descend with their maidens, and there, before them all, he bade the men fetch in the spoil of the day’s hunting, and he called unto Gawain, and counted the tale of the beasts, and showed them unto him, and said, “What think --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/5/73/) [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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/5/) / 73 # Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-English Arthurian Romance Retold in Modern Prose, Opening, part 5, sentence 73 The lord commanded them all to assemble in the great hall, and the ladies to descend with their maidens, and there, before them all, he bade the men fetch in the spoil of the day’s hunting, and he called unto Gawain, and counted the tale of the beasts, and showed them unto him, and said, “What think ye of this game, Sir Knight? **Who acts:** lord, ladies, men, day, beasts · **What happens:** command, assemble, descend, bade, fetch, call · **To what, where:** hinds, great hall, spoil, tale, Knight, hunting · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (lord, ladies, men, day), 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:pg66084:5:73 # text = The lord commanded them all to assemble in the great hall, and the ladies to descend with their maidens, and there, before them all, he bade the men fetch in the spoil of the day’s hunting, and he called unto Gawain, and counted the tale of the beasts, and showed them unto him, and said, “What think ye of this game, Sir Knight? 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 nmod:unmarked _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 assemble assemble VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 descend descend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 maidens maiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 before before ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 conj _ _ 27 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 26 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 bade bade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj _ _ 33 fetch fetch VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 ccomp _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 spoil spoil NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ’s 's PART POS _ 39 case _ _ 41 hunting hunting NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 46 unto unto ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 counted count VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 58 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 conj _ _ 59 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 obj _ _ 60 unto unto ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 64 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 66 “ " PUNCT `` _ 68 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 67 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 68 obj _ _ 68 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 64 ccomp _ _ 69 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 68 ccomp _ _ 70 of of ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 71 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 72 det _ _ 72 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 73 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 74 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 75 nmod:desc _ _ 75 Knight Knight PROPN NNP Number=Sing 68 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 76 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **command** | past | the lord | hinds *= hind* | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality | | 2 | **assemble** | to-infinitive | the lord *not said here* | | | the great hall | | | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **descend** | to-infinitive | the ladies | | | there | | with hinds's maidens; hinds *= hind* *conj* | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **bade** | past | lord | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **fetch** | present | the men | | | the spoil of the day's hunting | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **call** | past | lord | | | | | unto Gawain | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **count** | past | | the tale of the beasts | | | | | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tale=Theme | | 8 | **show** | past | | hinds *= hind* | | | | unto lord | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 9 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 10 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | | Knight Sir | | | | What *obj*; ye of this game *ccomp* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | | 11 | **spoil** | | | the day's hunting | | | | | nom spoil «possession transitive»: of=patient | | 12 | **hunt** | | the day | | | | | | nom hunting «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 13 | **tell** | | the beasts | | | | | | nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=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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