--- title: “Forsooth,” quoth the knight, “ye say but the truth: ’tis a high que… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: “Forsooth,” quoth the knight, “ye say but the truth: ’tis a high quest and a pressing that hath brought me afield, for I am summoned myself to a certain place, and I know not whither in the world I may wend to find it; so help me Christ, I would give all the kingdom of Logres an I might find it by N --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/4/80/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Mid…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/) / [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/4/) / 80 # Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-English Arthurian Romance Retold in Modern Prose, Opening, part 4, sentence 80 “Forsooth,” quoth the knight, “ye say but the truth: ’tis a high quest and a pressing that hath brought me afield, for I am summoned myself to a certain place, and I know not whither in the world I may wend to find it; so help me Christ, I would give all the kingdom of Logres an I might find it by New Year’s morn. **Who acts:** Forsooth, ye, truth, pressing, host · **What happens:** quoth, say, ti, press, have, bring · **To what, where:** knight, high quest, host, world, quest, kingdom · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-English Arthurian Romance Retold in Modern Prose» by Jessie L. 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 (Forsooth, ye, truth, pressing), 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:pg66084:4:80 # text = “Forsooth,” quoth the knight, “ye say but the truth: ’tis a high quest and a pressing that hath brought me afield, for I am summoned myself to a certain place, and I know not whither in the world I may wend to find it; so help me Christ, I would give all the kingdom of Logres an I might find it by New Year’s morn. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Forsooth forsooth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 quoth quoth VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nsubj _ _ 11 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 16 ’ ' X GW ExtPos=PROPN 14 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 17 tis ti VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 quest quest NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 nmod _ _ 23 pressing press VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 csubj _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 25 hath have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 26 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 27 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 afield afield ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 for for SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 summoned summon VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 parataxis _ _ 34 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 33 obj _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 44 whither whither ADV WRB PronType=Int 50 advmod _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 48 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 wend wend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 ccomp _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 advcl _ _ 53 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ; ; PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 so so ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 56 help help VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 57 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 56 obj _ _ 58 Christ Christ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 60 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 61 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 62 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 conj _ _ 63 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 65 det:predet _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obj _ _ 66 of of ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 67 Logres Logres PROPN NNP Number=Sing 65 nmod _ _ 68 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 69 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 71 nsubj _ _ 70 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 71 aux _ _ 71 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 65 acl:relcl _ _ 72 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 71 obj _ _ 73 by by ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 74 New New PROPN NNP Number=Sing 75 compound _ _ 75 Year Year PROPN NNP Number=Sing 77 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 76 ’s 's PART POS _ 75 case _ _ 77 morn morn NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **quoth** | present | Forsooth | the knight | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | ye | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **ti** *in a quote* | present | the truth | a high quest a | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **press** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **bring** *in a quote* | past | pressing | | the host *= host* | | | afield *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument i=Destination | | 7 | **summon** *in a quote* | present · passive | | the host *= host* | | | | to a certain place; myself *obj* | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | present | the host *= host* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 9 | **wend** *in a quote* | may | the host *= host* | | | the world | | whither *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in world=Trajectory | | 10 | **find** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the host *= host* *not said here* | quest | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 11 | **help** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the host *= host* | | | | Christ *obj* | tree rules | | 12 | **give** *in a quote* | would | the host *= host* | all kingdom of Logres | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme | | 13 | **find** *in a quote* | might | the host *= host* | kingdom | | | | by New Year's morn | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | 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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/4/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/4/81/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/4/)