--- title: But the lord of the castle rode ever over the land chasing the wild… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: But the lord of the castle rode ever over the land chasing the wild boar, that fled through the thickets, slaying the best of his hounds and breaking their backs in sunder; till at last he was so weary he might run no longer, but made for a hole in a mound by a rock. Who acts: land, lord. 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Weston, Opening, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (land, lord), 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:pg66084:6:25 # text = But the lord of the castle rode ever over the land chasing the wild boar, that fled through the thickets, slaying the best of his hounds and breaking their backs in sunder; till at last he was so weary he might run no longer, but made for a hole in a mound by a rock. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 rode road NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 8 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 11 advmod _ _ 9 over over ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 12 chasing chase VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 acl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 boar boar NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 18 fled flee VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 through through ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 thickets thicket NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 slaying slay VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 23 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 hounds hound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 breaking break VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 conj _ _ 31 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 backs back NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 33 in in ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 34 sunder sunder AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 36 till till ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 last last NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 41 so so ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 weary weary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 conj _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 parataxis _ _ 46 no no ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 but but CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 conj _ _ 51 for for ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 54 in in ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 mound mound NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ _ 57 by by ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chase** | gerund | the land *not said here* | the wild boar | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boar=Theme | | 2 | **flee** | past | the lord of the castle rode over the land | | | the thickets | | that *nsubj* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through thicket=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **slay** | gerund | the lord of the castle rode over the land *not said here* | the best of lord's hounds | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Patient | | 4 | **break** | gerund | the lord of the castle rode over the land *not said here* | hounds's backs | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer back=Patient | | 5 | **is** | present | | | | | | in *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | past | lord | | | | till last | weary *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **run** | might | lord | | | | | long *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **make** | participle | the lord of the castle rode over the land *not said here* | | | | | for a hole in a mound; by a rock | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent for hole=Asset | 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. Weston, Project Gutenberg book 66084 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/6/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/6/26/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/6/)