--- title: “Keep thee well, nephew,” quoth Arthur, “that thou give him but the… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: “Keep thee well, nephew,” quoth Arthur, “that thou give him but the one blow, and if thou redest him rightly I trow thou shalt well abide the stroke he may give thee after.” Who acts: you, that, thou, court. 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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 (you, that, thou, court), 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:pg66084:2:66 # text = “Keep thee well, nephew,” quoth Arthur, “that thou give him but the one blow, and if thou redest him rightly I trow thou shalt well abide the stroke he may give thee after.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 2 obj _ _ 4 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 nephew nephew NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 9 quoth quoth VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 10 Arthur Arthur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 nsubj _ _ 14 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 nsubj _ _ 15 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 iobj _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 nummod _ _ 20 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 23 if if SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 nsubj _ _ 25 redest red VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 rightly rightly ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 trow trow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 30 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 33 nsubj _ _ 31 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 33 advmod _ _ 33 abide abide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 ccomp _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 stroke stroke NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 acl:relcl _ _ 39 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 iobj _ _ 40 after after ADP IN _ 38 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | thee | | | | nephew *obl*; the one blow *conj*; well *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **quoth** | present | | Arthur | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **give** *in a quote* | infinitive | that | | Arthur | | | thou *nsubj* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 4 | **red** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | thou | Arthur | | | | rightly *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **trow** *in a quote* | present | court | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **abide** *in a quote* | shall | thou | the stroke | | | | well *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **give after** *in a quote* | may | Arthur | the stroke *not said here* | thee | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=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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