--- title: “That is enough in the New Year, it needs no more,” quoth the Green… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: “That is enough in the New Year, it needs no more,” quoth the Green Knight to the gallant Gawain, “if I tell thee truly when I have taken the blow, and thou hast smitten me; then will I teach thee of my house and home, and mine own name, then mayest thou ask thy road and keep covenant. 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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 (That, name, I, mine), 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:pg66084:2:78 # text = “That is enough in the New Year, it needs no more,” quoth the Green Knight to the gallant Gawain, “if I tell thee truly when I have taken the blow, and thou hast smitten me; then will I teach thee of my house and home, and mine own name, then mayest thou ask thy road and keep covenant. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 New New PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 Year Year PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 12 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 16 det _ _ 13 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 16 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ” " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 16 quoth quoth VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 Green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 Knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 gallant gallant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 “ " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 if if SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 29 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 iobj _ _ 30 truly truly ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 31 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 34 advmod _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 smitten smite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 ccomp _ _ 42 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 44 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 47 advmod _ _ 45 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 teach teach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 48 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 47 obj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 56 mine my PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 57 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 60 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 63 advmod _ _ 61 mayest may AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 63 aux _ _ 62 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 63 nsubj _ _ 63 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 parataxis _ _ 64 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 65 nmod:poss _ _ 65 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obj _ _ 66 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 67 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 63 conj _ _ 68 covenant covenant NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | That | | | | in the New Year | enough *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **need** *in a quote* | present | name | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 3 | **quoth** | present | name *not said here* | the Green Knight | | | | to the gallant Gawain | tree rules | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | I | | thee | | | truly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **take** *in a quote* | present · perfect | I | the blow | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blow=Theme | | 6 | **smite** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | thou | | | | me *obj* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer i=Result | | 7 | **teach** *speech: other* *in a quote* | future | I | thee | | | then | of my house and home | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient | | 8 | **name** *in a quote* | | mine | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | may | thou | thy road | | | then | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent road=Recipient | | 10 | **keep** *in a quote* | infinitive | thou *not said here* | covenant | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent covenant=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. 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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/2/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/2/79/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/2/)