--- title: Then he did on each piece, and bade them bring his steed, while he p… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: Then he did on each piece, and bade them bring his steed, while he put the fairest raiment on himself; his coat with its fair cognizance, adorned with precious stones upon velvet, with broidered seams, and all furred within with costly skins. Who acts: knight, coat. 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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 (knight, coat), 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:pg66084:7:50 # text = Then he did on each piece, and bade them bring his steed, while he put the fairest raiment on himself; his coat with its fair cognizance, adorned with precious stones upon velvet, with broidered seams, and all furred within with costly skins. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 bade bade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 steed steed NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 while while SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 fairest fair ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 20 amod _ _ 20 raiment raiment NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 cognizance cognizance NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 adorned adorn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 precious precious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 35 upon upon ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 velvet velvet NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 broidered broider VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 amod _ _ 40 seams seam NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 44 furred fur VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 45 within within ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 with with ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 costly costly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 skins skin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | knight | knight's coat with coat's fair cognizance | | each piece | then | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **bade** | past | | hauberk | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **bring** | infinitive | | knight's steed | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent steed=Theme | | 4 | **put** | past | knight | the fairest raiment | | | | on knight | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent raiment=Theme on himself=Destination | | 5 | **adorn** | participle | | coat's fair cognizance *not said here* | | | | with precious stones; upon velvet; with broidered seams | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with stone=Theme | | 6 | **broider** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **fur** | participle · passive | | all | | | | within costly skins | tree rules | | 8 | **cognize** | | coat | | | | | | nom cognizance «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. 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