--- title: “The place whither ye go is accounted full perilous, for he who live… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: “The place whither ye go is accounted full perilous, for he who liveth in that waste is the worst on earth, for he is strong and fierce, and loveth to deal mighty blows; taller is he than any man on earth, and greater of frame than any four in Arthur’s court, or in any other. Who acts: ye, place. 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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 (ye, place), 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:pg66084:7:74 # text = “The place whither ye go is accounted full perilous, for he who liveth in that waste is the worst on earth, for he is strong and fierce, and loveth to deal mighty blows; taller is he than any man on earth, and greater of frame than any four in Arthur’s court, or in any other. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 whither whither ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 5 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 6 nsubj _ _ 6 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 accounted account VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 nsubj _ _ 9 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 perilous perilous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 for for SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 15 liveth live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 det _ _ 18 waste waste NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 19 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 worst bad ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 15 punct _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 for for SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 28 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 conj _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 fierce fierce ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 loveth love VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 deal deal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 blows blow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 39 taller tall ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 conj _ _ 40 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 than than ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 44 det _ _ 44 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 45 on on ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 greater great ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 44 parataxis _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 frame frame NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 52 than than ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 54 det _ _ 54 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 49 obl _ _ 55 in in ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 56 Arthur Arthur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ’s 's PART POS _ 56 case _ _ 58 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 60 or or CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 61 in in ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 63 det _ _ 63 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 44 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** *in a quote* | present | ye | | | | | whither *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **account** *in a quote* | present · passive | | the place | | | | perilous *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **live** *in a quote* | present | place | | | | | who *nsubj*; that waste *obl*; earth *obl* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | that waste | | on earth; bad *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | place | | | | | strong *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **be** *in a quote* | | place *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **love** *in a quote* | present | place *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **deal** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | place *not said here* | mighty blows | | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blow=Theme | | 9 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | earth | | than any man; place *nsubj* | 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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