--- title: Whither he went none knew, no more than they wist whence he had come… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: Whither he went none knew, no more than they wist whence he had come; and the king and Gawain they gazed and laughed, for in sooth this had proved a greater marvel than any they had known aforetime. Who acts: horse, none, sparks, king. 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Weston, Opening, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (horse, none, sparks, king), 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:pg66084:3:2 # text = Whither he went none knew, no more than they wist whence he had come; and the king and Gawain they gazed and laughed, for in sooth this had proved a greater marvel than any they had known aforetime. 1 Whither whither ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 4 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 5 nsubj _ _ 5 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 no no ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 obj _ _ 9 than than SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 wist wist VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 12 whence whence ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 gazed gaze VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 sooth sooth NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 30 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 proved prove VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl:relcl _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 greater great ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 35 amod _ _ 35 marvel marvel NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 than than ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 35 nmod _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 ccomp _ _ 41 aforetime aforetime ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | horse | | | | | whither *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **know** | past | none | more | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer more=Stimulus | | 3 | **wist** | present | sparks *= spark* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **come** | past · perfect | horse | | | | | whence *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **gaze** | past | the king and Gawain | | | | | sparks *= spark* *nsubj* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **laugh** | past | the king and Gawain *not said here* | sooth | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sooth=Theme | | 7 | **prove** | past · perfect · passive | sooth *not said here* | this | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme | | 8 | **know** | past · perfect · passive | | a greater marvel than any | | | | sparks *= spark* *nsubj:pass*; aforetime *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | 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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