--- title: But Sir Gawain, who marked this not, went smiting blow after blow on… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: But Sir Gawain, who marked this not, went smiting blow after blow on all that came nigh him, and so blinded and drave them backward with his strokes that he was left alone on the field. Who acts: Gawain, that. 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Weston, Opening, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Gawain, that), 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:pg8447:5:61 # text = But Sir Gawain, who marked this not, went smiting blow after blow on all that came nigh him, and so blinded and drave them backward with his strokes that he was left alone on the field. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 2 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:desc _ _ 3 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 marked mark VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 obj _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 10 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 smiting smite VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 xcomp _ _ 12 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 13 after after ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 on on SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 18 det:predet _ _ 17 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 nsubj _ _ 18 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 19 nigh nigh ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 so so ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 blinded blind VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 parataxis _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 drave drave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 backward backward ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 strokes stroke NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 acl _ _ 36 alone alone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 xcomp _ _ 37 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **mark** | past | Gawain Sir | this | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent this=Destination | | 2 | **go** | past | Gawain Sir | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **smite** | gerund | Gawain Sir *not said here* | blow | | | after blow | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus blow=Experiencer | | 4 | **come** | past | that | Gawain | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **blind** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **drave** | infinitive | | blows *= blow* | | | | with Gawain's strokes; backward *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **leave** | past · passive | | Gawain | | the field | | alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme on field=Location | | 8 | **stroke** | | Gawain | | | | | | nom stroke «act 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:** «Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch» by Jessie L. 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