--- title: Each man that he met he thanked him for his service and his solace,… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: Each man that he met he thanked him for his service and his solace, and the pains he had been at to do his will; and each found it as hard to part from the knight as if he had ever dwelt with him. Who acts: man, pains, each, honour. 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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 (man, pains, each, honour), 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:pg66084:7:35 # text = Each man that he met he thanked him for his service and his solace, and the pains he had been at to do his will; and each found it as hard to part from the knight as if he had ever dwelt with him. 1 Each each DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 thanked thank VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 solace solace NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 pains pain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 21 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 cop _ _ 22 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 30 nsubj _ _ 30 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 as as ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 36 from from ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 as as SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 40 if if SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 44 advmod _ _ 44 dwelt dwell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 45 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **meet** | past | man | each man *not said here* | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Co-Agent | | 2 | **thank** *speech: thank* | past | each man | | honour | | | for honour's service and honour's solace | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Theme for service=Attribute | | 3 | **is** | past · perfect | the pains | | | | | honour *nsubj*; do *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **find** | past | each | solace | | | | hard part *obj* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Theme part=Attribute | | 5 | **dwell** | past · perfect | honour | | | | ever | with man | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with he=Location | | 6 | **service** | | honour | | | | | | nom service «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **solace** | | honour | | | | | | nom solace «feeling transitive»: poss=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. 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