--- title: Meanwhile the lord of the castle was abroad chasing the fox; awhile… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: Meanwhile the lord of the castle was abroad chasing the fox; awhile he lost him, and as he rode through a spinney he heard the hounds near at hand, and Reynard came creeping through a thick grove, with all the pack at his heels. Who acts: lord, Reynard. 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Weston, Opening, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (lord, Reynard), 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:pg66084:7:12 # text = Meanwhile the lord of the castle was abroad chasing the fox; awhile he lost him, and as he rode through a spinney he heard the hounds near at hand, and Reynard came creeping through a thick grove, with all the pack at his heels. 1 Meanwhile meanwhile ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 abroad abroad ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 chasing chase VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 13 awhile awhile ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 as as SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 22 through through ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 spinney spinney NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 hounds hound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 29 near near ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 at at ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 Reynard Reynard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 36 creeping creep VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 35 xcomp _ _ 37 through through ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 grove grove NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 45 det:predet _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 pack pack NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ _ 46 at at ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 heels heel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chase** | past · progressive | the lord of the castle | the fox | | | | abroad *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Theme | | 2 | **lose** | past | lord | fox | | | | awhile *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality | | 3 | **ride** | past | lord | | | a spinney | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through spinney=Trajectory | | 4 | **hear** | past | lord | the hounds | | hand | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer hound=Stimulus | | 5 | **come** | past | Reynard | | | | | all pack at fox's heels *conj* | tree rules | | 6 | **creep** | gerund | Reynard *not said here* | | | a thick grove | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through grove=Trajectory | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/7/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/7/13/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/7/)