--- title: For I am pledged by solemn compact sworn between us to meet that kni… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: For I am pledged by solemn compact sworn between us to meet that knight at the New Year if so I were on life; and of that same New Year it wants but little—I’ faith, I would look on that hero more joyfully than on any other fair sight! Who acts: I, life. 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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, life), 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:pg66084:4:82 # text = For I am pledged by solemn compact sworn between us to meet that knight at the New Year if so I were on life; and of that same New Year it wants but little—I’ faith, I would look on that hero more joyfully than on any other fair sight! 1 For for SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 pledged pledge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 advcl _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 solemn solemn ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 compact compact NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 sworn swear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 between between ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 13 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 det _ _ 14 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 New New PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 Year Year PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 19 if if SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 20 so so ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 28 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 nsubj _ _ 29 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 30 New New PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 Year Year PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 — - PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ’ ' VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 39 faith faith NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 44 on on ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 46 det _ _ 46 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 47 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 48 advmod _ _ 48 joyfully joyfully ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 49 than than ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 50 on on ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 51 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 54 det _ _ 52 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 53 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ! ! PUNCT . _ 43 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pledge** | present · passive | | I | | | | by solemn compact | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **swear** | participle | | solemn compact *not said here* | | | | between us | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **meet** | to-infinitive | | that knight | | | at the New Year | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knight=Co-Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | I | | | life | | | tree rules | | 5 | **want** | present | life | little | | | of same New Year that | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot little=Theme | | 6 | **'** | present | I | faith | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **look** | would | I | | | | | on that hero; joyfully *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on hero=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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/4/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/4/83/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/4/)