--- title: She came to the bedside and looked on the knight, and Gawain gave he… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: She came to the bedside and looked on the knight, and Gawain gave her fit greeting, and she greeted him again with ready words, and sat her by his side and laughed, and with a sweet look she spoke to him: Who acts: sun, Gawain. 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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 (sun, Gawain), 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:pg66084:5:106 # text = She came to the bedside and looked on the knight, and Gawain gave her fit greeting, and she greeted him again with ready words, and sat her by his side and laughed, and with a sweet look she spoke to him: 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bedside bedside NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 16 fit fit ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 greeting greeting NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 greeted greet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 again again ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 30 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 by by ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 look look NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 : : PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | sun | | | the bedside | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bedside=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **look** | past | sun *not said here* | | | | | on the knight | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on knight=Theme | | 3 | **give** | past | Gawain | sun's fit greeting | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent greeting=Theme | | 4 | **greet** *speech: greet* | past | sun | | Gawain | | again | with ready words | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **sit** | past | | sun | | | | by Gawain's side | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent she=Theme by side=Location | | 6 | **laugh** | past | | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | sun | | Gawain | | | with a sweet look | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to he=Co-Agent | | 8 | **greet** | | sun | | | | | | nom greeting «communication 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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