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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, covenant, lack, our), 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:pg66084:7:21 # text = He met the host in the midst of the floor, and jesting, he greeted him, and said, “Now shall I be first to fulfil our covenant which we made together when there was no lack of wine.” 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 jesting jest VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 greeted greet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 “ " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 27 advmod _ _ 24 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 27 cop _ _ 27 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 20 ccomp _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 fulfil fulfil VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 acl _ _ 30 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 covenant covenant NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 33 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 35 together together ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 38 advmod _ _ 37 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 38 expl _ _ 38 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 39 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 40 det _ _ 40 lack lack NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **meet** | past | Sir | the host | | the midst of the floor | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent host=Co-Agent | | 2 | **jest** *speech: other* | gerund | Sir *not said here* | | | | | | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **greet** *speech: greet* | past | Sir | | clamour | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Sir *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | shall | Sir | | | | now | first *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **fulfil** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | our covenant | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **make** *in a quote* | past | our covenant | | | | | we *nsubj*; together *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 8 | **be** *in a quote* | past | no lack of wine | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **covenant** *in a quote* | | our | | | | | | nom covenant «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **lack** *in a quote* | | | wine | | | | | nom lack «state transitive»: of=patient | 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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