--- title: Then often with guile she questioned that knight that she might win… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: Then often with guile she questioned that knight that she might win him to woo her, but he defended himself so fairly that none might in any wise blame him, and naught but bliss and harmless jesting was there between them. Who acts: Christ, knight, naught. 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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 (Christ, knight, naught), 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:pg66084:6:21 # text = Then often with guile she questioned that knight that she might win him to woo her, but he defended himself so fairly that none might in any wise blame him, and naught but bliss and harmless jesting was there between them. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 often often ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 guile guile NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 questioned question VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 woo woo VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 16 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 defended defend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 21 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 20 obj _ _ 22 so so ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 fairly fairly ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 25 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 30 nsubj _ _ 26 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 30 det _ _ 29 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 blame blame NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 parataxis _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 34 naught naught PRON NN PronType=Neg 41 nsubj _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 bliss bliss NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 harmless harmless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 jesting jesting NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 41 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 parataxis _ _ 42 between between ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **question** *speech: other* | past | Christ | | that knight | | then | with guile; often *property* | vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knight=Recipient | | 2 | **win** | might | Christ | knight | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality | | 3 | **woo** | to-infinitive | Christ *not said here* | Christ | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 4 | **defend** | past | knight | knight | | | | any wise blame none man *parataxis*; fairly *property* | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Beneficiary | | 5 | **is** | past | naught bliss harmless jesting | | | | | between matters *= matter*; there *property* | tree rules | 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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