--- title: It is usual enough to find graceful and charming descriptions of spr… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: It is usual enough to find graceful and charming descriptions of spring and early summer—an appreciation of _May_ in especial, when the summer courts were held, is part of the stock-in-trade of mediæval romancers—but a sympathy with the year in all its changes is far rarer, and certainly deserves to --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/9/35/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Mid…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/) / [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/9/) / 35 # Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-English Arthurian Romance Retold in Modern Prose, Opening, part 9, sentence 35 It is usual enough to find graceful and charming descriptions of spring and early summer—an appreciation of \_May\_ in especial, when the summer courts were held, is part of the stock-in-trade of mediæval romancers—but a sympathy with the year in all its changes is far rarer, and certainly deserves to be specially reckoned to the credit of this nameless writer. **Who acts:** knowledge, sympathy · **What happens:** be, find, hold, deserve, reckon, describe · **To what, where:** graceful descriptions, summer courts, part, spring, mediæval romancers, nameless writer This is a sentence of «Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-English Arthurian Romance Retold in Modern Prose» by Jessie L. Weston, Opening, part 9. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (knowledge, sympathy), 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:pg66084:9:35 # text = It is usual enough to find graceful and charming descriptions of spring and early summer—an appreciation of _May_ in especial, when the summer courts were held, is part of the stock-in-trade of mediæval romancers—but a sympathy with the year in all its changes is far rarer, and certainly deserves to be specially reckoned to the credit of this nameless writer. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 usual usual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 enough enough ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 7 graceful graceful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 charming charming ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ 10 descriptions description NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 early early ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 — - PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 appreciation appreciation NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 _ _ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 May May PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 22 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 24 punct _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 especial especial ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 when when SCONJ WRB _ 31 mark _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 courts court NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 34 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 37 stock stock NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 trade trade NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 mediæval mediæval ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 romancers romancer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 — - PUNCT : _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 but but CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 sympathy sympathy NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ _ 49 with with ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 52 in in ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 53 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 55 det:predet _ _ 54 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 changes change NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 nmod _ _ 56 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 58 cop _ _ 57 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 58 advmod _ _ 58 rarer rare ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 61 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 62 deserves deserve VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 58 conj _ _ 63 to to PART TO _ 66 mark _ _ 64 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 66 aux:pass _ _ 65 specially specially ADV RB _ 66 advmod _ _ 66 reckoned reckon VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 62 xcomp _ _ 67 to to ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 credit credit NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obl _ _ 70 of of ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 71 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 73 det _ _ 72 nameless nameless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 73 amod _ _ 73 writer writer NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | knowledge | | | | | enough, usual *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **find** | to-infinitive | knowledge *not said here* | graceful descriptions of spring and early summer and a appreciation of \_ and part | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent description=Topic | | 3 | **hold** | past · passive | | the summer courts | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **is a** | present | knowledge *not said here* | part | | | | of the trade stock of mediæval romancers | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | present | a sympathy with the year in knowledge's changes | | | | | far, rare *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **deserve** | present | a sympathy with the year in knowledge's changes *not said here* | | | | | certainly *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **reckon** | to-infinitive · passive | a sympathy with the year in knowledge's changes *not said here* | | | | | to the credit of this nameless writer; specially *property* | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S» | | 8 | **describe** | | | spring and early summer | | | | | nom description «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **trade** | | | mediæval romancers | | | | | nom trade «act transitive»: of=patient | | 10 | **change** | | knowledge | | | | | | nom change «event intransitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **credit** | | | this nameless writer | | | | | nom credit «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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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