--- title: So did the hunters this day, while Sir Gawain lay in his bed lapped… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: So did the hunters this day, while Sir Gawain lay in his bed lapped in rich gear; and the lady forgat not to salute him, for early was she at his side, to cheer his mood. Who acts: Sir, lady forgat, forgat. 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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 (Sir, lady forgat, forgat), 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:pg66084:5:104 # text = So did the hunters this day, while Sir Gawain lay in his bed lapped in rich gear; and the lady forgat not to salute him, for early was she at his side, to cheer his mood. 1 So so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 hunters hunter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 while while SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 flat _ _ 11 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 15 lapped lap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 gear gear NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 forgat forgat NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 salute salute VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 29 for for SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 30 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 35 advmod _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 cheer cheer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 mood mood NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the hunters | | | day | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hunter=Eventuality | | 2 | **lie** | past | Sir | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **lap** | past | Sir *not said here* | | | | | in rich gear; in Sir's bed | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in bed=Attribute | | 4 | **not** **salute** | to-infinitive | the lady forgat | Sir | | | | | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic | | 5 | **is** | past | forgat | | | Sir's side | | Sir *nmod:poss*; early *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **cheer** | to-infinitive | the lady forgat *not said here* | Sir's mood | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus mood=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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