Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-English Arthurian Romance Retold in Modern Prose, Opening, part 1, sentence 58
And another custom he had also, that came of his nobility, that he would never eat upon an high day till he had been advised of some knightly deed, or some strange and marvellous tale, of his ancestors, or of arms, or of other ventures.
Who acts: custom · What happens: have, come, not eat, advise · To what, where: custom
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 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (custom), 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 came | cc |
| 2 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 3 custom | det |
| 3 | custom | custom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 came | nsubj |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 had | nsubj |
| 5 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 custom | acl:relcl |
| 6 | also | also | ADV | _ | 5 had | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 came | punct |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 came | nsubj |
| 9 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 nobility | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 nobility | nmod:poss |
| 12 | nobility | nobility | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 came | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 eat | punct |
| 14 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 18 eat | mark |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 eat | nsubj |
| 16 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 eat | aux |
| 17 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 18 eat | advmod |
| 18 | eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 9 came | conj |
| 19 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 22 day | case |
| 20 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 day | det |
| 21 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 day | amod |
| 22 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 eat | obl |
| 23 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 27 advised | mark |
| 24 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 advised | nsubj:pass |
| 25 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 advised | aux |
| 26 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 27 advised | aux:pass |
| 27 | advised | advise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 eat | advcl |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 deed | case |
| 29 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 31 deed | det |
| 30 | knightly | knightly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 deed | amod |
| 31 | deed | deed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 advised | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 tale | punct |
| 33 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 38 tale | cc |
| 34 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 38 tale | det |
| 35 | strange | strange | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 tale | amod |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 marvellous | cc |
| 37 | marvellous | marvellous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 strange | conj |
| 38 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 advised | conj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 ancestors | punct |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 ancestors | case |
| 41 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 ancestors | nmod:poss |
| 42 | ancestors | ancestor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 advised | obl |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 arms | punct |
| 44 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 46 arms | cc |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 arms | case |
| 46 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 ancestors | nmod |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 ventures | punct |
| 48 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 51 ventures | cc |
| 49 | of | of | ADP | _ | 51 ventures | case |
| 50 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 ventures | amod |
| 51 | ventures | venture | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 ancestors | conj |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | custom | another custom not said here | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent custom=Patient | ||||
| 2 | come | past | another custom | of custom's nobility; that nsubj | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme of nobility=Initial_Location | ||||
| 3 | not eat | would | custom | day | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | advise speech: other | past · perfect · passive | custom | of some knightly deed; of custom's ancestors of arms or other ventures; some strange tale conj | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP PP.topic»: subject=Recipient of deed=Topic |
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.
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