--- title: It seemed him o’er long ere he saw Sir Gawain in the hall, and he bl… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: It seemed him o’er long ere he saw Sir Gawain in the hall, and he blew a blast on his horn to let all men know that he was come again to take his part in the covenant. Who acts: It, lord, men. 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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 (It, lord, men), 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:pg66084:6:34 # text = It seemed him o’er long ere he saw Sir Gawain in the hall, and he blew a blast on his horn to let all men know that he was come again to take his part in the covenant. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 o’er o'er ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ 6 ere ere ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 9 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod:desc _ _ 10 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 blew blow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 blast blast NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 horn horn NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 25 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 26 det _ _ 26 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj _ _ 27 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 ccomp _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 31 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 32 again again ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 covenant covenant NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seem** | past | It | lord | | | | long *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Attribute | | 2 | **see** | past | lord | Gawain Sir | | the hall | | ere *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gawain=Stimulus | | 3 | **blow** | past | lord | a blast | | lord's horn | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent blast=Patient | | 4 | **let** | to-infinitive | lord *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **know** | present | all men | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **is** | past | lord | | | | again | come *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **take** | to-infinitive | lord *not said here* | lord's part | | the covenant | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent part=Value in covenant=Location | 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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