--- title: Thus were they driven on the hills, and harassed at the waters, so w… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: Thus were they driven on the hills, and harassed at the waters, so well did the men know their work, and the greyhounds were so great and swift that they ran them down as fast as the hunters could slay them. Who acts: men, greyhounds, hunters. 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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, greyhounds, hunters), 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:pg66084:5:27 # text = Thus were they driven on the hills, and harassed at the waters, so well did the men know their work, and the greyhounds were so great and swift that they ran them down as fast as the hunters could slay them. 1 Thus thus ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 driven drive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 harassed harass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 so so ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 16 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 17 advmod _ _ 17 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 20 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 21 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 greyhounds greyhound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 27 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 swift swift VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 down down ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 37 as as ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 34 advmod _ _ 39 as as SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 hunters hunter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 42 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 slay slay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 advcl _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drive** | past · passive | | hunters *= hunter* | | the hills | | thus *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on hill=Destination | | 2 | **harass** | participle | | | | the waters | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **do** | past | | | | | | well *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **know** | present | the men | hunters's work | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer work=Stimulus | | 5 | **is** | past | the greyhounds | | | | | great *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **swift** | present | the greyhounds *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **run down** | past | greyhounds *= greyhound* | hunters *= hunter* | | | | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Trajectory | | 8 | **slay** | could | the hunters | greyhounds *= greyhound* | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 9 | **work** | | hunters *= hunter* | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: 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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