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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 (king, court, ladies, lords), 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:pg66084:9:5 # text = Then the king comforted the knight, and the court laughed loudly at the tale, and all made accord that the lords and the ladies who belonged to the Round Table, each hero among them, should wear bound about him a baldric of bright green[11] for the sake of Sir Gawain. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 comforted comfort VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 20 det _ _ 19 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 amod _ _ 20 accord accord NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 lords lord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 conj _ _ 27 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 28 belonged belong VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 Round Round PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 Table Table PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 35 det _ _ 35 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 appos _ _ 36 among among ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 39 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 wear wear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 acl _ _ 41 bound bound ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 xcomp _ _ 42 about about ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 baldric baldric NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 47 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 48 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 11 11 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 50 punct _ _ 52 for for ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 sake sake NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 nmod _ _ 57 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **comfort** | past | the king | the knight | | | then | all made accord *obl* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus knight=Experiencer | | 2 | **laugh** | past | the court | | | the tale | | loudly *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **make** | participle | | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 4 | **belong** | past | the ladies | | | | | to the Round Table | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **wear** | should | the lords and the ladies | all made accord *not said here* | | | | bound *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent accord=Source | 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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