--- title: Therefore, sir, I make request of ye that ye tell me truly if ye eve… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: Therefore, sir, I make request of ye that ye tell me truly if ye ever heard word of the Green Chapel, where it may be found, and the Green Knight that keeps it. Who acts: I, request, ye, Green Knight. 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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 (I, request, ye, Green Knight), 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:pg66084:4:81 # text = Therefore, sir, I make request of ye that ye tell me truly if ye ever heard word of the Green Chapel, where it may be found, and the Green Knight that keeps it. 1 Therefore therefore ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 sir sir NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 request request NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 nmod _ _ 10 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 11 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 nsubj _ _ 12 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl:relcl _ _ 13 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 iobj _ _ 14 truly truly ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 15 if if SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 nsubj _ _ 17 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 18 advmod _ _ 18 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 19 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 Green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 Chapel Chapel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 29 advmod _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 Green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 Knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 35 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | I | sir | | | | request of ye *obj* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent request=Product | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | request of ye | | me | | | ye *nsubj*; truly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 3 | **hear** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | ye | word of the Green Chapel | | | ever | the Green Knight *obl* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 4 | **find** | may · passive | | request | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 5 | **keep** | present | the Green Knight | request | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 6 | **request** | | | ye | | | | | nom request «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **word** | | | the Green Chapel | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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. 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