--- title: The knights sat and were served in the hall, and much game and glee… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: The knights sat and were served in the hall, and much game and glee was there round the hearth, with many songs, both at supper and after; songs of Christmas, and new carols, with all the mirth one may think of. Who acts: knights, much game, mirth one, Christmas. 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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 (knights, much game, mirth one, Christmas), 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:pg66084:6:43 # text = The knights sat and were served in the hall, and much game and glee was there round the hearth, with many songs, both at supper and after; songs of Christmas, and new carols, with all the mirth one may think of. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 knights knight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 served serve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 12 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 glee glee NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 parataxis _ _ 18 round round ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 hearth hearth NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 songs song NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 both both CCONJ CC _ 28 cc:preconj _ _ 27 at at ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 supper supper NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 after after ADV RB _ 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 32 songs song NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Christmas Christmas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 carols carol NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 41 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 44 det:predet _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 mirth mirth NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 45 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 acl:relcl _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | the knights | | | | | with many songs; supper *conj*; songs of Christmas and new carols *conj* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **serve** | past · passive | the knights *not said here* | | | | | in the hall | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: in hall=Attribute | | 3 | **is** | past | much game and glee | | | | | round the hearth; there *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | may | all mirth one | songs of Christmas and new carols *not said here* | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot song=Theme | | 5 | **sing** | | Christmas | | | | | | nom song «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. 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/6/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/6/44/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/6/)