--- title: Thus the lady, fair to look upon, made him great cheer, and Sir Gawa… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: Thus the lady, fair to look upon, made him great cheer, and Sir Gawain, with modest words, answered her again: “Madam,” he quoth, “may Mary requite ye, for in good faith I have found in ye a noble frankness. Who acts: lady, Gawain, Madam. 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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 (lady, Gawain, Madam), 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:pg66084:5:56 # text = Thus the lady, fair to look upon, made him great cheer, and Sir Gawain, with modest words, answered her again: “Madam,” he quoth, “may Mary requite ye, for in good faith I have found in ye a noble frankness. 1 Thus thus ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ _ 8 upon upon ADP IN _ 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 10 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 cheer cheer NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 16 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod:desc _ _ 17 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 modest modest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 23 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 24 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 again again ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 : : PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 27 “ " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 Madam madam NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj:outer _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ” " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 32 quoth quoth ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 34 “ " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 Mary Mary PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 requite requite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 38 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 faith faith NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 parataxis _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 43 acl:relcl _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 46 obl _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 noble noble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 frankness frankness NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **make** | past | the lady | great cheer | prowess | | | thus *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset he=Beneficiary cheer=Product | | 3 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Gawain Sir | | grace | | again | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Eventuality | | 4 | **requite** *in a quote* | may | Madam | ye | | | | Gawain *nsubj*; Mary *nsubj*; good faith *parataxis*; quoth *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **find** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Gawain Sir *= gawain* | a noble frankness | | ye | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent frankness=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. 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