--- title: And afterwards Sir Gawain made him merry with the ladies, with carol… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: And afterwards Sir Gawain made him merry with the ladies, with carols, and all kinds of joy, as never he did but that one day, even to nightfall; and all the men marvelled at him, and said that never since he came thither had he been so merry. Who acts: Sir, men. 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Weston, Opening, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Sir, men), 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:pg66084:7:10 # text = And afterwards Sir Gawain made him merry with the ladies, with carols, and all kinds of joy, as never he did but that one day, even to nightfall; and all the men marvelled at him, and said that never since he came thither had he been so merry. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 afterwards afterwards ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 3 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 flat _ _ 5 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 merry merry ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 carols carol NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 17 det _ _ 17 kinds kind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 as as SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 obj _ _ 27 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nummod _ _ 28 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 even even ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 nightfall nightfall NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 35 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 37 det:predet _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj _ _ 38 marvelled marvell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 39 at at ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 44 that that SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 45 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 48 advmod _ _ 46 since since SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 ccomp _ _ 49 thither thither ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 50 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 advcl _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 52 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 54 cop _ _ 53 so so ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 54 merry merry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | Sir | Doomsday | | | | with the ladies and carols; all kinds of joy *obl*; afterwards, merry *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Product | | 2 | **not** **do** | past | Sir | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | | 3 | **marvell** | past | all men | | | | | at Sir | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | all men *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **not** **come** | past | Sir | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **have** | past | Sir *not said here* | | | | | thither *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | participle | Sir | | | | | merry *property* | tree rules | 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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