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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 (you, ye, grim 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:pg66084:7:87 # text = Have here your helm and the spear in your hand, and ride down this same road beside the rock till ye come to the bottom of the valley, and there look a little to the left hand, and ye shall see in that vale the chapel, and the grim man who keeps it. 1 Have have VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 1 advmod _ _ 3 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 helm helm NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 spear spear NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 ride ride VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 14 down down ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 det _ _ 16 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 18 beside beside ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 21 till till SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 nsubj _ _ 23 come come VERB VB Mood=Sub|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 valley valley NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 33 expl _ _ 33 look look VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 obl:unmarked _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 left left ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 44 nsubj _ _ 43 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 47 det _ _ 47 vale vale NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 chapel chapel NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 grim grim ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 55 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 56 nsubj _ _ 56 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 acl:relcl _ _ 57 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | imperative | you *not said here* | your helm and the spear in your hand | | here | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent helm=Patient | | 2 | **ride down** | infinitive | | this same road | | the rock | | down *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Theme | | 3 | **come** | infinitive | ye | | | the bottom of the valley | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bottom=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **look** | present | | a little | | there | | to the left hand; the grim man *obl* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to hand=Theme | | 5 | **see** | shall | ye | the chapel | | that vale | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer chapel=Stimulus | | 6 | **keep** | present | the grim man | Chapel | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/7/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/7/88/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/7/)