--- title: Sir Gawain was deep in slumber, and in his dream he vexed him much f… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: Sir Gawain was deep in slumber, and in his dream he vexed him much for the destiny that should befall him on the morrow, when he should meet the knight at the Green Chapel, and abide his blow; but when the lady spake he heard her, and came to himself, and roused from his dream and answered swiftly. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/6/68/) [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/) / 68 # Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-English Arthurian Romance Retold in Modern Prose, Opening, part 6, sentence 68 Sir Gawain was deep in slumber, and in his dream he vexed him much for the destiny that should befall him on the morrow, when he should meet the knight at the Green Chapel, and abide his blow; but when the lady spake he heard her, and came to himself, and roused from his dream and answered swiftly. **Who acts:** Sir, destiny, lady spake · **What happens:** be, vex, befall, meet, abide, hear · **To what, where:** slumber, network, dream, morrow, knight, Green Chapel 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 (Sir, destiny, lady spake), 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:pg66084:6:68 # text = Sir Gawain was deep in slumber, and in his dream he vexed him much for the destiny that should befall him on the morrow, when he should meet the knight at the Green Chapel, and abide his blow; but when the lady spake he heard her, and came to himself, and roused from his dream and answered swiftly. 1 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 slumber slumber NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 vexed vex VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 much much ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 destiny destiny NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 19 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 20 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 befall befall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 acl:relcl _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 parataxis _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 Green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 Chapel Chapel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 abide abide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 43 but but CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 44 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 49 advmod _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 47 spake speak NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 advcl _ _ 50 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 54 to to ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 58 roused rouse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 53 parataxis _ _ 59 from from ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 nmod:poss _ _ 61 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 63 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 conj _ _ 64 swiftly swiftly ADV RB _ 63 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Sir | | | slumber | | deep *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **vex** | past | Sir | network | | Sir's dream | | for the destiny | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 3 | **befall** | should | the destiny | network | | the morrow | | | tree rules | | 4 | **meet** | should | Sir | the knight | | the Green Chapel | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knight=Co-Agent | | 5 | **abide** | infinitive | Sir *not said here* | Sir's blow | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **hear** | past | the lady spake | lady | | | | spake *= speak* *nsubj* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 7 | **come** | past | | | Sir | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to himself=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **rouse** | participle | | | | Sir's dream | | | vn stimulate-59.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | swiftly *property* | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **dream** | | Sir | | | | | | nom dream «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **blow** | | Sir | | | | | | nom blow «act intransitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **dream** | | Sir | | | | | | nom dream «cognition 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. 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 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/6/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/6/69/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/6/)