--- title: The knight turned his steed to the mound, and lighted down and tied… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: The knight turned his steed to the mound, and lighted down and tied the rein to the branch of a linden; and he turned to the mound and walked round it, questioning with himself what it might be. Who acts: knight, mound. 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Weston, Opening, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (knight, mound), 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:pg66084:8:3 # text = The knight turned his steed to the mound, and lighted down and tied the rein to the branch of a linden; and he turned to the mound and walked round it, questioning with himself what it might be. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 steed steed NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 mound mound NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 lighted light VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 12 down down ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 tied tie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 rein rein NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 branch branch NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 linden linden NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ 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 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 mound mound NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 32 round round ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 questioning question VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 35 obl _ _ 38 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 41 obj _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past | the knight | knight's steed | | the mound | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent steed=Theme to mound=Trajectory | | 2 | **light down** | participle | the knight *not said here* | | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **tie** | past | the knight *not said here* | the rein | | | | to the branch of a linden | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent rein=Patient to branch=Co-Patient | | 4 | **turn** | past | knight | | | the mound | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to mound=Trajectory | | 5 | **walk** | past | knight *not said here* | | | mound | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round it=Trajectory | | 6 | **question** *speech: other* | gerund | knight *not said here* | | | | | with knight | tree rules | | 7 | **be** | might | mound | | | | | what *obj* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | 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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