--- title: “Gramercy, sir,” quoth Gawain, “in good faith, all the honour is you… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: “Gramercy, sir,” quoth Gawain, “in good faith, all the honour is yours, may the High King give it ye, and I am but at your will to work your behest, inasmuch as I am beholden to ye in great and small by rights.” Who acts: Gramercy, honour, Gawain, rights. 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Weston, Opening, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Gramercy, honour, Gawain, rights), 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:pg66084:4:77 # text = “Gramercy, sir,” quoth Gawain, “in good faith, all the honour is yours, may the High King give it ye, and I am but at your will to work your behest, inasmuch as I am beholden to ye in great and small by rights.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Gramercy gramercy NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 sir sir NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 7 quoth quoth VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 faith faith NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 15 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 17 det:predet _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 19 yours your PRON PRP Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 21 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 High high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 38 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 behest behest NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 inasmuch inasmuch NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ _ 42 as as SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 beholden beholden VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 advcl _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 45 obl _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 obl _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 conj _ _ 52 by by ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 rights right NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **quoth** | infinitive | Gramercy and sir | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | all honour | yours | | good faith | | | tree rules | | 3 | **give** *in a quote* | may | Gawain | honour | ye | | | the High King *nsubj* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent ye=Recipient it=Theme | | 4 | **work** *in a quote* | future | Gramercy and sir *not said here* | your behest and inasmuch | | | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent behest=Material | | 5 | **beholden** *in a quote* | present · passive | rights | Gawain | | great | | to ye | 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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/4/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/4/78/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/4/)