--- title: The fox ran before them, and when they saw him they pursued him with… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: The fox ran before them, and when they saw him they pursued him with noise and much shouting, and he wound and turned through many a thick grove, often cowering and hearkening in a hedge. Who acts: fox, huntsmen. 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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 (fox, huntsmen), 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:pg66084:6:58 # text = The fox ran before them, and when they saw him they pursued him with noise and much shouting, and he wound and turned through many a thick grove, often cowering and hearkening in a hedge. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 before before ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 pursued pursue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 shouting shouting NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 wound woun VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 26 through through ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 27 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 nsubj _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 grove grove NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 often often ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 cowering cower VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 hearkening hearken VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 conj _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 hedge hedge NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past | the fox | | | | before huntsmen *= huntsman* | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before they=Trajectory | | 2 | **see** | past | huntsmen *= huntsman* | fox | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 3 | **pursue** | past | huntsmen *= huntsman* | fox | | | | with noise and much shouting | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 4 | **woun** | past | fox | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **turn** | past | fox *not said here* | | | a thick grove | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme through grove=Trajectory | | 6 | **cower** | gerund | fox *not said here* | | | | | often *property* | vn body\_internal\_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **hearken** | gerund | fox *not said here* | | | a hedge | | | tree rules | 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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