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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-English Arthurian Romance Retold in Modern Prose, Opening, part 4, sentence 57

When Gawain beheld that fair lady, who looked at him graciously, with leave of the lord he went towards them, and, bowing low, he greeted the elder, but the younger and fairer he took lightly in his arms, and kissed her courteously, and greeted her in knightly wise.

Who acts: Gawain, fair lady, younger · What happens: behold, look, go, bow, greet, take · To what, where: fair lady, lord, elder, arms, lady, knightly wise

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 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Gawain, fair lady, younger), 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

advmodnsubjadvclmarkamodobjpunctnsubjacl:relclcaseobladvmodpunctcaseoblcasedetnmodnsubjacl:relclcaseoblpunctccpunctadvcladvmodpunctnsubjdetobjpunctccdetnsubjccconjnsubjconjadvmodcasenmod:possoblpunctccconjnmod:possadvmodpunctccconjobjcaseamodoblpunctrootWhenADVGawainPROPNbeheldVERBthatSCONJfairADJladyNOUN,PUNCTwhoPRONlookedVERBatADPhimPRONgraciouslyADV,PUNCTwithADPleaveNOUNofADPtheDETlordNOUNhePRONwentVERBtowardsADPthemPRON,PUNCTandCCONJ,PUNCTbowingVERBlowADV,PUNCThePRONgreetedVERBtheDETelderNOUN,PUNCTbutCCONJtheDETyoungerADJandCCONJfairerADJhePRONtookVERBlightlyADVinADPhisPRONarmsNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJkissedVERBherPRONcourteouslyADV,PUNCTandCCONJgreetedVERBherPRONinADPknightlyADJwiseADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhenwhenADVPronType=Int3 beheldadvmod
2GawainGawainPROPNNumber=Sing3 beheldnsubj
3beheldbeholdVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin30 greetedadvcl
4thatthatSCONJ_6 ladymark
5fairfairADJDegree=Pos6 ladyamod
6ladyladyNOUNNumber=Sing3 beheldobj
7,,PUNCT_9 lookedpunct
8whowhoPRONPronType=Rel9 lookednsubj
9lookedlookVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 ladyacl:relcl
10atatADP_11 himcase
11himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 lookedobl
12graciouslygraciouslyADV_9 lookedadvmod
13,,PUNCT_15 leavepunct
14withwithADP_15 leavecase
15leaveleaveNOUNNumber=Sing3 beheldobl
16ofofADP_18 lordcase
17thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art18 lorddet
18lordlordNOUNNumber=Sing15 leavenmod
19hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs20 wentnsubj
20wentgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin18 lordacl:relcl
21towardstowardsADP_22 themcase
22themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs20 wentobl
23,,PUNCT_26 bowingpunct
24andandCCONJ_26 bowingcc
25,,PUNCT_26 bowingpunct
26bowingbowVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part3 beheldadvcl
27lowlowADVDegree=Pos26 bowingadvmod
28,,PUNCT_3 beheldpunct
29hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs30 greetednsubj
30greetedgreetVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
31thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art32 elderdet
32elderelderNOUNNumber=Sing30 greetedobj
33,,PUNCT_40 tookpunct
34butbutCCONJ_40 tookcc
35thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art36 youngerdet
36youngeryoungADJDegree=Cmp40 tooknsubj
37andandCCONJ_38 fairercc
38fairerfairADJDegree=Cmp36 youngerconj
39hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs40 tooknsubj
40tooktakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin30 greetedconj
41lightlylightlyADV_40 tookadvmod
42ininADP_44 armscase
43hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs44 armsnmod:poss
44armsarmNOUNNumber=Plur40 tookobl
45,,PUNCT_47 kissedpunct
46andandCCONJ_47 kissedcc
47kissedkissVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin40 tookconj
48herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs49 courteouslynmod:poss
49courteouslycourteouslyADV_47 kissedadvmod
50,,PUNCT_52 greetedpunct
51andandCCONJ_52 greetedcc
52greetedgreetVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin30 greetedconj
53hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs52 greetedobj
54ininADP_56 wisecase
55knightlyknightlyADJDegree=Pos56 wiseamod
56wisewiseADJDegree=Pos52 greetedobl
57..PUNCT_30 greetedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1beholdpastGawainfair ladywith leave of the lordvn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lady=Stimulus
2lookpastfair ladyat Gawain; graciously propertyvn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at he=Theme
3gopastGawainthe lord not said heretowards folds = foldtree rules
4bowgerundGawain not said herelow propertyvn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5greet speech: greetpastGawainthe eldervn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent elder=Theme
6takepastthe youngerGawain's armsGawain nsubj; lightly propertyvn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in arm=Location
7kisspastthe younger not said herecourteously propertyvn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8greet speech: greetpastGawain not said hereladyknightly wisevn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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.

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