--- title: All looked on him as he stood, and drew near unto him wondering grea… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: All looked on him as he stood, and drew near unto him wondering greatly what he might be; for many marvels had they seen, but none such as this, and phantasm and faërie did the folk deem it. Who acts: Knight, many marvels, marvels, none. 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Weston, Opening, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Knight, many marvels, marvels, none), 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:pg66084:2:26 # text = All looked on him as he stood, and drew near unto him wondering greatly what he might be; for many marvels had they seen, but none such as this, and phantasm and faërie did the folk deem it. 1 All all ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 5 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 near near ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 unto unto ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ _ 14 wondering wonder VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 advcl _ _ 15 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 19 obj _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 marvels marvel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 24 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 29 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 41 nsubj _ _ 30 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 32 case _ _ 31 as as ADP IN _ 30 fixed _ _ 32 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 35 phantasm phantasm NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 faërie faërie NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ _ 38 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 41 deem deem VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | | | | | | on Knight; all *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on he=Theme | | 2 | **stand** | past | Knight | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **draw** | past | | | | | | unto Knight; near *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund | | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **be** | might | Knight | | | | | what *obj* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | | 6 | **have** | past | many marvels | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **see** | participle | marvels *= marvel* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **deem** | past · do-support | none such this | faërie | | | | the folk *nsubj* | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent it=Attribute | 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. - ← previous: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/2/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/2/27/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/2/)