--- title: And the knight stood before him, taller by the head than any in the… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: And the knight stood before him, taller by the head than any in the hall; he stood, and stroked his beard, and drew down his coat, no more dismayed for the king’s threats than if one had brought him a drink of wine. Who acts: knight. A sentence of «Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-English A --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/2/57/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Mid…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/) / [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/2/) / 57 # Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-English Arthurian Romance Retold in Modern Prose, Opening, part 2, sentence 57 And the knight stood before him, taller by the head than any in the hall; he stood, and stroked his beard, and drew down his coat, no more dismayed for the king’s threats than if one had brought him a drink of wine. **Who acts:** knight · **What happens:** stand, stroke, draw down, not dismay, bring · **To what, where:** hall, beard, coat, one 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 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), 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:pg66084:2:57 # text = And the knight stood before him, taller by the head than any in the hall; he stood, and stroked his beard, and drew down his coat, no more dismayed for the king’s threats than if one had brought him a drink of wine. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 before before ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 taller tall ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 conj _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 than than ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 8 obl _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 stroked stroke VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 beard beard NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 28 down down ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 no no ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 33 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 34 advmod _ _ 34 dismayed dismay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 conj _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ’s 's PART POS _ 37 case _ _ 39 threats threat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 40 than than SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 41 if if SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 one one PRON PRP PronType=Ind 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 advcl _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | the knight | | | the hall | before Arthur | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before he=Location | | 2 | **stand** | past | Knight | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **stroke** | past | Knight *not said here* | Arthur's beard | | | | | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beard=Experiencer | | 4 | **draw down** | past | | Arthur's coat | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coat=Theme | | 5 | **not** **dismay** | participle | | | | | | for the king's threats | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **bring** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive | | one | | | | Knight *obj*; a drink of wine *obj* | 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. - ← previous: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/2/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/2/58/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/2/)