--- title: For he held up the head in his hand, and turned the face towards the… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: For he held up the head in his hand, and turned the face towards them that sat on the high daïs, and it lifted up the eye-lids and looked upon them, and spake as ye shall hear. Who acts: Knight, that, head, ye. 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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, that, head, ye), 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:pg66084:2:91 # text = For he held up the head in his hand, and turned the face towards them that sat on the high daïs, and it lifted up the eye-lids and looked upon them, and spake as ye shall hear. 1 For for SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 towards towards ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ _ 17 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 18 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 daïs daï NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 27 up up ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 29 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 lids lid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 34 upon upon ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 spake speak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 parataxis _ _ 39 as as SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 42 nsubj _ _ 41 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold up** | past | Knight | the head | | Knight's hand | | | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot head=Theme | | 2 | **turn** | past | | the face | | | | towards blood | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent face=Theme towards they=Trajectory | | 3 | **sit** | past | that | | | the high daïs | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on daï=Location | | 4 | **lift up** | past | head | the eye lids | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lid=Theme | | 5 | **look** | past | head *not said here* | | | | | upon blood | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon they=Theme | | 6 | **hear** | shall | ye | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | 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. 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