--- title: “In good faith,” quoth Gawain, “great is my joy and my profit that s… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: “In good faith,” quoth Gawain, “great is my joy and my profit that so fair a lady as ye are should deign to come hither, and trouble ye with so poor a man, and make sport with your knight with kindly countenance, it pleaseth me much. Who acts: that, ye, trouble, my. 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Weston, Opening, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (that, ye, trouble, my), 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:pg66084:6:18 # text = “In good faith,” quoth Gawain, “great is my joy and my profit that so fair a lady as ye are should deign to come hither, and trouble ye with so poor a man, and make sport with your knight with kindly countenance, it pleaseth me much. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 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 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 quoth quoth VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 8 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 profit profit NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 18 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 19 so so ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 conj _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 23 as as ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 22 nmod _ _ 25 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 26 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 deign deign VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 hither hither ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 33 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 34 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 33 nsubj _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 so so ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 nmod _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 43 sport sport NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 47 with with ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 kindly kindly ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 countenance countenance NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 pleaseth please VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 53 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ _ 54 much much ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **quoth** | infinitive | | Gawain | | good faith | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | my great joy and my profit | | | | my *nmod:poss*; my profit *conj* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** *in a quote* | | that | | | | | a lady as ye *nsubj* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | should · present | | | | | | deign *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **come** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | hither *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **trouble** *in a quote* | | ye | | | | | with poor a man | tree rules | | 7 | **make** *in a quote* | infinitive | ye *not said here* | sport | | | | with your knight with countenance | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sport=Product | | 8 | **please** *in a quote* | present | trouble | lady | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer | | 9 | **profit** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom profit «possession 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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