Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-English Arthurian Romance Retold in Modern Prose, Opening, part 7, sentence 9
Then he took his way to the chapel, and sought out a priest privily, and prayed him to teach him better how his soul might be saved when he should go hence; and there he shrived him, and showed his misdeeds, both great and small, and besought mercy and craved absolution; and the priest assoiled him, and set him as clean as if Doomsday had been on the morrow.
Who acts: Sir, priest, Doomsday · What happens: take, seek out, pray, teach, save, go · To what, where: way, chapel, priest, Sir, soul, man
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 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Sir, priest, Doomsday), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 took | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 took | nsubj |
| 3 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 way | nmod:poss |
| 5 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 took | obj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 chapel | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 chapel | det |
| 8 | chapel | chapel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 took | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 sought | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 sought | cc |
| 11 | sought | seek | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 took | conj |
| 12 | out | out | ADP | _ | 11 sought | compound:prt |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 priest | det |
| 14 | priest | priest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 sought | obj |
| 15 | privily | privily | ADV | _ | 11 sought | advmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 prayed | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 prayed | cc |
| 18 | prayed | pray | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 took | conj |
| 19 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 prayed | obj |
| 20 | to | to | PART | _ | 21 teach | mark |
| 21 | teach | teach | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 prayed | xcomp |
| 22 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 teach | obj |
| 23 | better | well | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 21 teach | advmod |
| 24 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 29 saved | advmod |
| 25 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 soul | nmod:poss |
| 26 | soul | soul | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 saved | nsubj:pass |
| 27 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 29 saved | aux |
| 28 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 29 saved | aux:pass |
| 29 | saved | save | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 21 teach | advcl |
| 30 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 33 go | advmod |
| 31 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 go | nsubj |
| 32 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 33 go | aux |
| 33 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 saved | advcl |
| 34 | hence | hence | ADV | _ | 33 go | advmod |
| 35 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 39 shrived | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 there | cc |
| 37 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 39 shrived | advmod |
| 38 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 shrived | nsubj |
| 39 | shrived | shrive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 took | conj |
| 40 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 shrived | obj |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 showed | punct |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 showed | cc |
| 43 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 shrived | conj |
| 44 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 45 misdeeds | nmod:poss |
| 45 | misdeeds | misdeed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 showed | obj |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 great | punct |
| 47 | both | both | CCONJ | _ | 48 great | cc:preconj |
| 48 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 showed | conj |
| 49 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 50 small | cc |
| 50 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 great | conj |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 besought | punct |
| 52 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 53 besought | cc |
| 53 | besought | beseech | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 shrived | conj |
| 54 | mercy | mercy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 besought | obj |
| 55 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 56 craved | cc |
| 56 | craved | crave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 53 besought | conj |
| 57 | absolution | absolution | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 craved | obj |
| 58 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 62 assoiled | punct |
| 59 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 62 assoiled | cc |
| 60 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 61 priest | det |
| 61 | priest | priest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 assoiled | nsubj |
| 62 | assoiled | assoil | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 took | conj |
| 63 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 62 assoiled | obj |
| 64 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 66 set | punct |
| 65 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 66 set | cc |
| 66 | set | set | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 62 assoiled | advcl |
| 67 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 66 set | obj |
| 68 | as | as | ADV | _ | 69 clean | advmod |
| 69 | clean | clean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 66 set | xcomp |
| 70 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 77 morrow | mark |
| 71 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 77 morrow | mark |
| 72 | Doomsday | Doomsday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 77 morrow | nsubj |
| 73 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 77 morrow | aux |
| 74 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 77 morrow | cop |
| 75 | on | on | ADP | _ | 77 morrow | case |
| 76 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 77 morrow | det |
| 77 | morrow | morrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 69 clean | advcl |
| 78 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 took | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | Sir | Sir's way | the chapel | then | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent way=Theme to chapel=Destination | ||
| 2 | seek out | past | Sir not said here | a priest | privily property | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent priest=Theme | |||
| 3 | pray | past | Sir not said here | Sir | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | teach speech: other | to-infinitive | Sir not said here | Sir | well property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | |||
| 5 | save | might · passive | Sir's soul | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 6 | go | should | Sir | hence property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 7 | shrive | past | Sir | man | there | tree rules | |||
| 8 | show | past | Sir not said here | Sir's misdeeds | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent misdeed=Recipient | ||||
| 9 | beseech | past | Sir not said here | mercy | tree rules | ||||
| 10 | crave | past | Sir not said here | absolution | vn want-32.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot absolution=Theme | ||||
| 11 | assoil | past | the priest | Sir | tree rules | ||||
| 12 | set | infinitive | the priest not said here | Sir | clean property | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient he=Result | |||
| 13 | is | past · perfect | Doomsday | the morrow | tree rules |
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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