--- title: And this is his custom at the Green Chapel: there may no man pass by… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: And this is his custom at the Green Chapel: there may no man pass by that place, however proud his arms, but he does him to death by force of his hand, for he is a discourteous knight, and shews no mercy. Who acts: this, man. 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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 (this, man), 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:pg66084:7:75 # text = And this is his custom at the Green Chapel: there may no man pass by that place, however proud his arms, but he does him to death by force of his hand, for he is a discourteous knight, and shews no mercy. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 custom custom NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 Green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 Chapel Chapel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 11 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 15 expl _ _ 12 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 13 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 14 det _ _ 14 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 16 by by ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 det _ _ 18 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 however however ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 proud proud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 iobj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 by by ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 force force NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 39 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 discourteous discourteous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 shews shew VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 46 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 47 det _ _ 47 mercy mercy NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | this | place's custom | | the Green Chapel | | place *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | may | no man | | | there | | by that place and place's proud arms | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by place=Location | | 3 | **do** | present | man | | place | | | to death; by force of place's hand | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality | | 4 | **is** | present | man | | | | | for a discourteous knight | tree rules | | 5 | **shew** | present | no man *not said here* | no mercy | | | | | 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. 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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/7/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/7/76/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/7/)