--- title: Then the Green Knight drew off from him, and leaned on his axe, sett… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: Then the Green Knight drew off from him, and leaned on his axe, setting the shaft on the ground, and looked on Gawain as he stood all armed and faced him fearlessly—at heart it pleased him well. Who acts: Green Knight, knight. 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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 (Green Knight, 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:pg66084:8:66 # text = Then the Green Knight drew off from him, and leaned on his axe, setting the shaft on the ground, and looked on Gawain as he stood all armed and faced him fearlessly—at heart it pleased him well. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 Green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 Knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 off off ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 leaned learn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 axe axe NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 setting set VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 shaft shaft NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 27 as as SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 30 all all ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 armed armed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 xcomp _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 faced face VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 fearlessly fearlessly ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 — - PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 parataxis _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 42 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **draw off** | past | the Green Knight | | | | then | from Arthur | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from he=Co-Patient | | 2 | **learn** | past | the Green Knight *not said here* | | | knight's axe | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **set** | gerund | the Green Knight *not said here* | the shaft | | the ground | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent shaft=Theme on ground=Destination | | 4 | **look** | past | the Green Knight *not said here* | | | | | on Gawain | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on gawain=Theme | | 5 | **stand** | past | knight | | | | | armed *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **face** | past | knight *not said here* | | knight | | | fearlessly *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Destination | 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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