--- title: Sir Gawain, who had thus won grace of his life, rode through wild wa… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: Sir Gawain, who had thus won grace of his life, rode through wild ways on Gringalet; oft he lodged in a house, and oft without, and many adventures did he have and came off victor full often, as at this time I cannot relate in tale. Who acts: Gawain, many adventures, victor, I. 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Weston, Opening, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Gawain, many adventures, victor, I), 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:pg66084:8:113 # text = Sir Gawain, who had thus won grace of his life, rode through wild ways on Gringalet; oft he lodged in a house, and oft without, and many adventures did he have and came off victor full often, as at this time I cannot relate in tale. 1 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod:desc _ _ 2 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 thus thus ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 won win VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 acl:relcl _ _ 8 grace grace NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 13 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 through through ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 ways way NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 Gringalet Gringalet PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 20 oft oft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 obl _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 lodged lodge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 oft oft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ _ 29 without without ADP IN _ 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 32 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 adventures adventure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 34 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 39 off off ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 victor victor NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 41 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 42 often often ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 44 as as SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 45 at at ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 47 det _ _ 47 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 48 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 49 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 50 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 51 advmod _ _ 51 relate relate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 52 in in ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **win** | past · perfect | Gawain Sir | grace of Sir's life | | | | thus *property* | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grace=Eventuality | | 2 | **ride** | past | Gawain Sir | oft | | wild ways on Gringalet | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through way=Trajectory | | 3 | **lodge** | past | Gawain | | | a house | | | vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location | | 4 | **have** | past · do-support | many adventures | | | | | Gawain *nsubj* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **come off** | past | victor | | | | | often *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **not** **relate** | can | I | | | | time | in tale *goal* | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent in tale=Goal | 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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