--- title: Thus in peril and pain, and many a hardship, the knight rode alone t… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: Thus in peril and pain, and many a hardship, the knight rode alone till Christmas Eve, and in that tide he made his prayer to the Blessed Virgin that she would guide his steps and lead him to some dwelling. Who acts: knight, Sir, Eve. 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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 (knight, Sir, Eve), 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:pg66084:3:85 # text = Thus in peril and pain, and many a hardship, the knight rode alone till Christmas Eve, and in that tide he made his prayer to the Blessed Virgin that she would guide his steps and lead him to some dwelling. 1 Thus thus ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 peril peril NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 pain pain NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 hardship hardship NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 alone alone ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 till till ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 Christmas Christmas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 Eve Eve PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 det _ _ 23 tide tide NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 prayer prayer NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 Blessed blessed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 Virgin virgin NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 guide guide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 lead lead VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 43 det _ _ 43 dwelling dwelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride** | past | the knight | | | peril and pain and a many hardship | till Christmas Eve | alone, thus *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **make** | past | Sir | Sir's prayer | | that tide | | to the Blessed Virgin | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prayer=Product | | 3 | **guide** | would | Eve | Sir's steps | | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent step=Theme | | 4 | **lead** | present | the knight *not said here* | Sir | | some dwelling | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to dwelling=Destination | | 5 | **pray** | | Sir | | | | | | nom prayer «act intransitive»: poss=agent | | 6 | **step** | | Sir | | | | | | nom step «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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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