--- title: They exchanged fair words, and much happiness was therein, yet was t… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: They exchanged fair words, and much happiness was therein, yet was there a gulf between them, and she might win no more of her knight, for that gallant prince watched well his words—he would neither take her love, nor frankly refuse it. Who acts: features, much happiness, gulf, lady. 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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 (features, much happiness, gulf, lady), 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:pg66084:6:72 # text = They exchanged fair words, and much happiness was therein, yet was there a gulf between them, and she might win no more of her knight, for that gallant prince watched well his words—he would neither take her love, nor frankly refuse it. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 exchanged exchange VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 happiness happiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 therein therein ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 parataxis _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 gulf gulf NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 17 between between ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 24 no no ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 23 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 for for SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 31 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 det _ _ 32 gallant gallant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 watched watch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ _ 35 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 34 advmod _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 — - PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 neither neither ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 43 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 48 cc _ _ 47 frankly frankly ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 refuse refuse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 conj _ _ 49 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **exchange** | past | features *= feature* | fair words | | | | | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | much happiness | | | | | therein *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | a gulf between features | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **win** | might | lady | more of lady's knight | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Eventuality | | 5 | **watch** | past | that gallant prince | knight's words | | | | well *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme | | 6 | **take** | would | prince | lady's love | | | | neither *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent love=Theme | | 7 | **refuse** | infinitive | prince *not said here* | love | | | | frankly *property* | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 8 | **word** | | knight | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **love** | | lady | | | | | | nom love «feeling transitive»: 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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