--- title: And when he saw Gawain the lord laughed aloud, and bade them call th… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: And when he saw Gawain the lord laughed aloud, and bade them call the ladies and the household together, and he showed them the game, and told them the tale, how they had hunted the wild boar through the woods, and of his length and breadth and height; and Sir Gawain commended his deeds and praised --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/6/35/) [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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/6/) / 35 # Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-English Arthurian Romance Retold in Modern Prose, Opening, part 6, sentence 35 And when he saw Gawain the lord laughed aloud, and bade them call the ladies and the household together, and he showed them the game, and told them the tale, how they had hunted the wild boar through the woods, and of his length and breadth and height; and Sir Gawain commended his deeds and praised him for his valour, well proven, for so mighty a beast had he never seen before. **Who acts:** lord, Sir, beast · **What happens:** see, laugh, call, show, tell, hunt · **To what, where:** Gawain, bade, horns, tale, woods, deeds · **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 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (lord, Sir, beast), 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:pg66084:6:35 # text = And when he saw Gawain the lord laughed aloud, and bade them call the ladies and the household together, and he showed them the game, and told them the tale, how they had hunted the wild boar through the woods, and of his length and breadth and height; and Sir Gawain commended his deeds and praised him for his valour, well proven, for so mighty a beast had he never seen before. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 aloud aloud ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 bade bade NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 13 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 call call VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 household household NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 20 together together ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 31 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 iobj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 38 advmod _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 hunted hunt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 conj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 boar boar NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 42 through through ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 woods wood NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 parataxis _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 breadth breadth NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 conj _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 height height NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ; ; PUNCT : _ 58 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ _ 57 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 flat _ _ 58 commended commend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 59 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nmod:poss _ _ 60 deeds deed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 obj _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 62 praised praise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 conj _ _ 63 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 obj _ _ 64 for for ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 66 nmod:poss _ _ 66 valour valour NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 68 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 69 advmod _ _ 69 proven prove VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 58 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 71 for for ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 72 so so ADV RB _ 73 advmod _ _ 73 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 conj _ _ 74 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 75 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 nsubj _ _ 76 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 73 ccomp _ _ 77 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 79 nsubj _ _ 78 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 79 advmod _ _ 79 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 76 xcomp _ _ 80 before before ADV RB _ 79 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 81 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | lord | Gawain | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gawain=Stimulus | | 2 | **laugh** | past | the lord | | | | | aloud *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **call** | present | lord *not said here* | bade horns | | | | the ladies and the household *obj*; together *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lady=Recipient | | 4 | **show** | past | lord | horns *= horn* | | | | the game *obj* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient game=Topic | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | lord *not said here* | the tale | horns *= horn* | | | lord's length and breadth and height *parataxis* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient tale=Topic | | 6 | **hunt** | past · perfect · passive | | horns *= horn* | | the woods | | the wild boar *obj* | tree rules | | 7 | **commend** | past | Sir | lord's deeds | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deed=Theme | | 8 | **praise** | past | Sir *not said here* | lord | | | | for lord's valour | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Theme for valour=Attribute | | 9 | **prove** | participle | | | | | | well *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **have** | past | a beast | | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **not** **see** | participle | lord | | | | | before *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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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