--- title: Then the drawbridge was let down, and the broad gates unbarred and o… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: Then the drawbridge was let down, and the broad gates unbarred and opened on both sides; the knight crossed himself, and passed through the gateway, and praised the porter, who knelt before the prince, and gave him good-day, and commended him to God. Who acts: broad gates, knight, porter. 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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 (broad gates, knight, porter), 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:pg66084:7:63 # text = Then the drawbridge was let down, and the broad gates unbarred and opened on both sides; the knight crossed himself, and passed through the gateway, and praised the porter, who knelt before the prince, and gave him good-day, and commended him to God. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 drawbridge drawbridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 let let VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 down down ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 broad broad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 12 unbarred unbar VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 opened open VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 17 det _ _ 17 sides side NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 crossed cross VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 22 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 advcl _ _ 26 through through ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 gateway gateway NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 praised praise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 porter porter NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 knelt kneel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 37 before before ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 iobj _ _ 44 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 commended commend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 50 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let down** | past · passive | | the drawbridge | | | then | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **unbar** | participle | the broad gates | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **open** | participle | the broad gates *not said here* | | | both sides | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on side=Location | | 4 | **cross** | past | the knight | knight | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | | 5 | **pass** | participle | the knight *not said here* | | | the gateway | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through gateway=Location | | 6 | **praise** | past | the knight *not said here* | the porter | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent porter=Theme | | 7 | **kneel** | past | the porter | | | | before the prince | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before prince=Location | | 8 | **give** | past | the knight *not said here* | | knight | | day | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 9 | **commend** | past | the knight *not said here* | knight | God | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | 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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/7/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/7/64/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/7/)