--- title: Sir Gawain, who knew naught of these tricks and snares rode on his w… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: Sir Gawain, who knew naught of these tricks and snares rode on his way, discoursing of many things with his host, until they drew nigh to the place where his foes lay, ambushed in the thicket, who would fain slay him. Who acts: Gawain, fear, foes, thicket. 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Weston, Opening, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Gawain, fear, foes, thicket), 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:pg8447:6:84 # text = Sir Gawain, who knew naught of these tricks and snares rode on his way, discoursing of many things with his host, until they drew nigh to the place where his foes lay, ambushed in the thicket, who would fain slay him. 1 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod:desc _ _ 2 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 6 naught naught PRON NN PronType=Neg 5 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 tricks trick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 snares snare NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 conj _ _ 12 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 discoursing discourse VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 until until SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 28 nigh nigh ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 35 advmod _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 foes foe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 35 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 ambushed ambush VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 conj _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 thicket thicket NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 43 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 fain fain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 acl:relcl _ _ 45 slay slay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | Gawain Sir | naught of this tricks and snares | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer naught=Stimulus | | 2 | **ride** | past | Gawain Sir | | | Gawain's way | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **discourse** | gerund | Gawain Sir *not said here* | | | | | of many things; with Gawain's host | tree rules | | 4 | **draw** | past | fear | | | the place | | nigh *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to place=Destination | | 5 | **lie** | past | Gawain's foes | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **ambush** | participle | fear *not said here* | | | the thicket | | | vn attack-60.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **fain** | would | the thicket | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **slay** | infinitive | the thicket *not said here* | Gawain | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | 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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