--- title: The huntsmen shouted and threatened, and followed close upon him so… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: The huntsmen shouted and threatened, and followed close upon him so that he might scarce escape, but Reynard was wily, and he turned and doubled upon them, and led the lord and his men over the hills, now on the slopes, now in the vales, while the knight at home slept through the cold morning beneat --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/6/62/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Mid…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/) / [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/6/) / 62 # Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-English Arthurian Romance Retold in Modern Prose, Opening, part 6, sentence 62 The huntsmen shouted and threatened, and followed close upon him so that he might scarce escape, but Reynard was wily, and he turned and doubled upon them, and led the lord and his men over the hills, now on the slopes, now in the vales, while the knight at home slept through the cold morning beneath his costly curtains. **Who acts:** huntsmen, Reynard, fox, knight · **What happens:** shout, threaten, follow, be, turn, double · **To what, where:** lord, hills This is a sentence of «Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-English Arthurian Romance Retold in Modern Prose» by Jessie L. 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 (huntsmen, Reynard, fox, knight), 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:pg66084:6:62 # text = The huntsmen shouted and threatened, and followed close upon him so that he might scarce escape, but Reynard was wily, and he turned and doubled upon them, and led the lord and his men over the hills, now on the slopes, now in the vales, while the knight at home slept through the cold morning beneath his costly curtains. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 huntsmen huntsman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 shouted shout VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 threatened threaten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 followed follow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 9 close close ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ 10 upon upon ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ 12 so so SCONJ IN _ 17 case _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 fixed _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 scarce scarce ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 escape escape NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 Reynard Reynard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 22 wily wily ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 doubled double VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 29 upon upon ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 conj _ _ 39 over over ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 46 advmod _ _ 44 on on ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 slopes slope NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 51 advmod _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 vales vale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 53 while while SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ _ 56 at at ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nmod _ _ 58 slept sleep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 59 through through ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 61 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ _ 63 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 64 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 66 nmod:poss _ _ 65 costly costly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 66 curtains curtain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | past | the huntsmen | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **threaten** | past | the huntsmen *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **follow** | participle | | | | | | so scarce escape fox; close *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | Reynard | | | | | wily *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **turn** | past | fox | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **double** | past | fox *not said here* | | | | | upon huntsmen *= huntsman* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **lead** | past | the huntsmen *not said here* | the lord and fox's men | | the hills | | on the slopes and the vales | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent lord=Theme over hill=Destination | | 8 | **sleep** | past | the knight at home | | | | morning | beneath fox's costly curtains | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=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. 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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/6/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/6/63/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/6/)