--- title: “In faith,” quoth the good knight, “Gawain am I, who give thee this… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: “In faith,” quoth the good knight, “Gawain am I, who give thee this buffet, let what may come of it; and at this time twelvemonth will I take another at thine hand with whatsoever weapon thou wilt, and none other.” Who acts: you, 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, 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:pg66084:2:72 # text = “In faith,” quoth the good knight, “Gawain am I, who give thee this buffet, let what may come of it; and at this time twelvemonth will I take another at thine hand with whatsoever weapon thou wilt, and none other.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 faith faith NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 quoth quoth VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 13 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 17 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 18 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 iobj _ _ 19 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 det _ _ 20 buffet buffet NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 23 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 25 nsubj _ _ 24 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 30 at at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 det _ _ 32 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 twelvemonth twelvemonth NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 34 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 37 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 36 obj _ _ 38 at at ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 whatsoever whatsoever DET WDT PronType=Int 43 det _ _ 43 weapon weapon NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 44 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 45 nsubj _ _ 45 wilt will AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 43 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 48 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 49 nsubj _ _ 49 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **quoth** | imperative | you *not said here* | the good knight | | faith | | Gawain *obl* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | court | | thee | | | who *nsubj*; this buffet *obj*; give *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **come** *in a quote* | may | | | | | | of buffet; what *nsubj* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of it=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **take** *in a quote* | future | court | another | | this time twelvemonth | | at thine hand; with whatsoever weapon | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent another=Theme at twelvemonth=Asset | 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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/2/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/2/73/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/2/)