--- title: “In good faith, Sir Gawain,” quoth the gay lady, “the praise and the… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: “In good faith, Sir Gawain,” quoth the gay lady, “the praise and the prowess that pleases all ladies I lack them not, nor hold them light; yet are there ladies enough who would liever now have the knight in their hold, as I have ye here, to dally with your courteous words, to bring them comfort and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/5/54/) [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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/5/) / 54 # Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-English Arthurian Romance Retold in Modern Prose, Opening, part 5, sentence 54 “In good faith, Sir Gawain,” quoth the gay lady, “the praise and the prowess that pleases all ladies I lack them not, nor hold them light; yet are there ladies enough who would liever now have the knight in their hold, as I have ye here, to dally with your courteous words, to bring them comfort and to ease their cares, than much of the treasure and the gold that are theirs. **Who acts:** prowess, praise, ladies, faith, that, your · **What happens:** quoth, please, not lack, hold, be, have · **To what, where:** gay lady, good faith, ladies, knight, hold, praise · **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 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (prowess, praise, ladies, faith), 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:pg66084:5:54 # text = “In good faith, Sir Gawain,” quoth the gay lady, “the praise and the prowess that pleases all ladies I lack them not, nor hold them light; yet are there ladies enough who would liever now have the knight in their hold, as I have ye here, to dally with your courteous words, to bring them comfort and to ease their cares, than much of the treasure and the gold that are theirs. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 faith faith NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 7 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 10 quoth quoth VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 gay gay ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 praise praise NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 prowess prowess NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 21 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 22 pleases please VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 23 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 24 det _ _ 24 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 lack lack VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 31 cc _ _ 31 hold hold VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 there their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Typo=Yes 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 39 enough enough ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 41 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 42 liever liever ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 43 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 44 advmod _ _ 44 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 as as SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 52 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 54 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 53 nsubj _ _ 55 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 53 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 to to PART TO _ 58 mark _ _ 58 dally dally VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 53 conj _ _ 59 with with ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 60 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 62 nmod:poss _ _ 61 courteous courteous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 64 to to PART TO _ 65 mark _ _ 65 bring bring VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 58 conj _ _ 66 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 obj _ _ 67 comfort comfort NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obj _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 69 to to PART TO _ 70 mark _ _ 70 ease ease VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 65 conj _ _ 71 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 72 nmod:poss _ _ 72 cares care NOUN NNS Number=Plur 70 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 73 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 74 than than ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 75 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 conj _ _ 76 of of ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 77 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 78 det _ _ 78 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 nmod _ _ 79 and and CCONJ CC _ 81 cc _ _ 80 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 81 det _ _ 81 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 78 conj _ _ 82 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 84 nsubj _ _ 83 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 84 cop _ _ 84 theirs their PRON PRP Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 81 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 85 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **quoth** | present | | the gay lady | | good faith | | | tree rules | | 2 | **please** *in a quote* | present | the prowess | all ladies | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus lady=Experiencer | | 3 | **not** **lack** *in a quote* | present | the praise and the prowess | ladies *= lady* | | | | I *nsubj* | tree rules | | 4 | **hold** *in a quote* | infinitive | the praise and the prowess *not said here* | ladies *= lady* | | | | light *obj* | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme light=Eventuality | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | there's ladies | | | | there *= they* *nmod:poss*; enough *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | would | there's ladies | the knight | | ladies's hold | now | liever *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knight=Patient | | 7 | **have** *in a quote* | present | faith | | | here | | ye *nsubj* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **dally** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | faith *not said here* | | | | | with your courteous words | vn trifle-105.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with word=Theme | | 9 | **bring** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | faith *not said here* | praise | | | | comfort *obj* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent they=Destination comfort=Theme | | 10 | **ease** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | faith *not said here* | words's cares | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent care=Patient | | 11 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | words *= word* | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **hold** *in a quote* | | ladies *= lady* | | | | | | nom hold «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 13 | **word** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 14 | **care** *in a quote* | | words *= word* | | | | | | nom care «act intransitive»: 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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