--- title: They rewarded the hounds, stroking them and rubbing their heads, and… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: They rewarded the hounds, stroking them and rubbing their heads, and took Reynard and stripped him of his coat; then blowing their horns, they turned them homewards, for it was nigh nightfall. Who acts: others, head. 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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 (others, head), 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:pg66084:7:16 # text = They rewarded the hounds, stroking them and rubbing their heads, and took Reynard and stripped him of his coat; then blowing their horns, they turned them homewards, for it was nigh nightfall. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 rewarded reward VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 hounds hound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 stroking stroke VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 rubbing rub VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 10 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 15 Reynard Reynard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 stripped strip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 23 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 advmod _ _ 24 blowing blow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 25 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 horns horn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 homewards homeward NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 nigh nigh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 nightfall nightfall NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reward** | past | others *= other* | | the hounds | | | | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent hound=Recipient | | 2 | **stroke** | gerund | others *= other* *not said here* | hounds *= hound* | | | | | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Experiencer | | 3 | **rub** | gerund | others *= other* *not said here* | others's heads | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent head=Theme | | 4 | **take** | past | | | Reynard | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument reynard=Destination | | 5 | **strip** | past | | Reynard | | | | of Reynard's coat | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Theme of coat=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **blow** | gerund | others *= other* *not said here* | others's horns | | | then | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent horn=Patient | | 7 | **turn** | past | others *= other* | hounds *= hound* | | | | homewards *obj* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP ADJ.result»: agent=Agent they=Theme homeward=Result | | 8 | **is** | past | head | | | | | for nigh nightfall | 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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