--- title: “I’ faith,” quoth the lady merrily, “ye may not be forbid, ye are st… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: “I’ faith,” quoth the lady merrily, “ye may not be forbid, ye are strong enough to constrain by strength an ye will, were any so discourteous as to give ye denial.” Who acts: Gawain, I, ye, any. 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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 (Gawain, I, ye, any), 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:pg66084:6:7 # text = “I’ faith,” quoth the lady merrily, “ye may not be forbid, ye are strong enough to constrain by strength an ye will, were any so discourteous as to give ye denial.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ’ ' VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 parataxis _ _ 4 faith faith NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 7 quoth quoth VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 merrily merrily ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 nsubj _ _ 14 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 cop _ _ 17 forbid forbid VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 21 nsubj _ _ 20 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 21 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 22 enough enough ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 constrain constrain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 25 by by ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 27 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 nsubj _ _ 29 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 31 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 32 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 34 nsubj _ _ 33 so so ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 discourteous discourteous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 35 as as SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 38 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 iobj _ _ 39 denial denial NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ” " PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **'** *in a quote* | present | Gawain Sir *= gawain* | faith | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **quoth** | present | I *not said here* | the lady | | | | merrily *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | may | ye | | | | | forbid *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | ye | | | | | enough, strong *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **constrain** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | ye *not said here* | | | | | by strength | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | past | any | | | | | discourteous *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **give** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | any *not said here* | denial | ye | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent ye=Recipient denial=Theme | 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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