--- title: “Well I wot,” quoth Sir Gawain, “that ye have chosen a better; but I… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: “Well I wot,” quoth Sir Gawain, “that ye have chosen a better; but I am proud that ye should so prize me, and as your servant do I hold ye my sovereign, and your knight am I, and may Christ reward ye.” Who acts: Gawain, ye, knight. 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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 (Gawain, ye, 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:pg66084:5:59 # text = “Well I wot,” quoth Sir Gawain, “that ye have chosen a better; but I am proud that ye should so prize me, and as your servant do I hold ye my sovereign, and your knight am I, and may Christ reward ye.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 wot wot VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 quoth quoth VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 parataxis _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 15 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 22 proud proud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 parataxis _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 24 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 nsubj _ _ 25 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 prize prize VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 advcl _ _ 28 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 31 as as SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 37 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 36 obj _ _ 38 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 sovereign sovereign NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 42 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 44 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 48 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 49 Christ christ AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 reward reward VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 51 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wot** *in a quote* | present | Gawain Sir *= gawain* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **quoth** | present | | Sir | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **choose** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | that | | | | ye *nsubj:pass* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Gawain Sir *= gawain* | | | | | proud *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **prize** *in a quote* | should | ye | Gawain Sir *= gawain* | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 6 | **hold** *in a quote* | present · do-support | Gawain Sir *= gawain* | ye | | | | my sovereign *obj* | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent ye=Theme sovereign=Eventuality | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | your knight | Gawain Sir *= gawain* | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **reward** *in a quote* | may | | ye | | | | | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent ye=Recipient | 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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/5/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/5/60/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/5/)