--- title: But teach me truly all that pertaineth thereto, and tell me thy name… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: But teach me truly all that pertaineth thereto, and tell me thy name, and I shall use all my wit to win my way thither, and that I swear thee for sooth, and by my sure troth.” Who acts: you, that, I, thy. 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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, I, thy), 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:pg66084:2:77 # text = But teach me truly all that pertaineth thereto, and tell me thy name, and I shall use all my wit to win my way thither, and that I swear thee for sooth, and by my sure troth.” 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 teach teach VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 truly truly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 5 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 7 det:predet _ _ 6 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 nsubj _ _ 7 pertaineth pertain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 8 thereto thereto ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 12 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 iobj _ _ 13 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 use use VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 20 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 22 det:predet _ _ 21 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 wit wit NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 25 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 thither thither ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 swear swear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 33 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 32 obj _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 sooth sooth NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 by by ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 40 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 troth troth NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | | me | | | truly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 2 | **pertain** | present | that | | | | | thereto *property* | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | thy name | me | | | by my sure troth | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient name=Topic | | 4 | **use** | shall | I | my wit | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wit=Patient | | 5 | **win** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | my way | | | | thither *property* | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Eventuality | | 6 | **swear** | present | I | thee | | | | for sooth | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent thou=Eventuality | | 7 | **name** | | thy | | | | | | nom name «communication 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:** «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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/2/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/2/78/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/2/)