--- title: For I think it not seemly that such challenge should be made in your… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: For I think it not seemly that such challenge should be made in your hall that ye yourself should undertake it, while there are many bold knights who sit beside ye, none are there, methinks, of readier will under heaven, or more valiant in open field. Who acts: I, ye, many bold knights. 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Weston, Opening, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, ye, many bold knights), 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:pg66084:2:61 # text = For I think it not seemly that such challenge should be made in your hall that ye yourself should undertake it, while there are many bold knights who sit beside ye, none are there, methinks, of readier will under heaven, or more valiant in open field. 1 For for SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 6 seemly seemly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 8 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 challenge challenge NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 obj _ _ 17 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 nsubj _ _ 18 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 17 nmod _ _ 19 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 undertake undertake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 acl:relcl _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 while while SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 25 expl _ _ 25 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 26 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 27 bold bold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 knights knight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 29 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 30 sit sit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 31 beside beside ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 30 obl _ _ 35 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 methinks methink NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 readier ready ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 12 xcomp _ _ 42 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 advcl _ _ 43 under under ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 or or CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 48 advmod _ _ 48 valiant valiant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | present | I | venture | | | | seemly *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | | 2 | **make** | should · passive | | such challenge | | your hall | | ready *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 3 | **undertake** | should | ye yourself | your hall | | | | venture *obj* | tree rules | | 4 | **sit** | present | many bold knights | none | | ye | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside ye=Location | | 5 | **is** | present | many bold knights | | | | | methinks *conj*; there *property* | tree rules | 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. Weston, Project Gutenberg book 66084 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/2/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/2/62/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/2/)