--- title: “Sir, if ye be Gawain, I think it a wonder that ye be so stern and c… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: “Sir, if ye be Gawain, I think it a wonder that ye be so stern and cold, and care not for the courtesies of friendship, but if one teach ye to know them ye cast the lesson out of your mind. Who acts: ye, sun, wonder, one. 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Weston, Opening, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (ye, sun, wonder, one), 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:pg66084:5:107 # text = “Sir, if ye be Gawain, I think it a wonder that ye be so stern and cold, and care not for the courtesies of friendship, but if one teach ye to know them ye cast the lesson out of your mind. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Sir sir NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:desc _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 nsubj _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 7 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 wonder wonder NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 14 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 15 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 nsubj _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 cop _ _ 17 so so ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 stern stern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 acl:relcl _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 care care VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 courtesies courtesy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 friendship friendship NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 32 if if SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nsubj _ _ 34 teach teach VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 35 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 34 nsubj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 38 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 40 nsubj _ _ 40 cast cast VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 lesson lesson NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 out out ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | infinitive | ye | Gawain | | | | Sir *nmod:desc* | tree rules | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | sun | greeting | | | | a wonder *obj* | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Theme wonder=Attribute | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | a wonder | | | | | ye *nsubj*; stern *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **be** *in a quote* | | a wonder *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **care** *in a quote* | infinitive | sun *not said here* | | | | | for the courtesies of friendship | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for courtesy=Theme | | 6 | **teach** *speech: other* *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | one | | | | | ye *nsubj* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **know** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | one *not said here* | words *= word* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 8 | **cast** *in a quote* | past | ye | the lesson | | your mind | | | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent lesson=Theme out mind=Destination | | 9 | **mind** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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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