--- title: Then the men made ready their arrows and shot at him, but the points… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: Then the men made ready their arrows and shot at him, but the points were turned on his thick hide, and the barbs would not bite upon him, for the shafts shivered in pieces, and the head but leapt again wherever it hit. Who acts: men, barbs, head. 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Weston, Opening, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (men, barbs, head), 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:pg66084:5:101 # text = Then the men made ready their arrows and shot at him, but the points were turned on his thick hide, and the barbs would not bite upon him, for the shafts shivered in pieces, and the head but leapt again wherever it hit. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 arrows arrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 shot shoot VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 points point NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 20 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 hide hide NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 barbs barb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 26 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 28 bite bite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 29 upon upon ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 shafts shaft NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 parataxis _ _ 35 shivered shiver VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 acl _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 42 but but CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 leapt leapt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 44 again again ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 45 wherever wherever ADV WRB PronType=Int 47 advmod _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 hit hit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | the men | hounds's ready arrows | | | then | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arrow=Product | | 2 | **shoot** | past | the men *not said here* | | | | | at man | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent at he=Destination | | 3 | **turn** | past · passive | | the points | | man's thick hide | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **not** **bite** | would | the barbs | | | | | upon man; the shafts *parataxis* | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **shiver** | participle | | the shafts *not said here* | | pieces | | | vn body\_internal\_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **leapt** | infinitive | the head | | | | again | | tree rules | | 7 | **hit** | past | head | | | | | wherever *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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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