--- title: Then spake the lady to the knight, “Ye deserve blame if ye hold not… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: Then spake the lady to the knight, “Ye deserve blame if ye hold not that lady who sits beside ye above all else in the world, if ye have not already a love whom ye hold dearer, and like better, and have sworn such firm faith to that lady that ye care not to loose it—as I scarce may believe. 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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 (you, Ye, lady, I), 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:pg66084:6:76 # text = Then spake the lady to the knight, “Ye deserve blame if ye hold not that lady who sits beside ye above all else in the world, if ye have not already a love whom ye hold dearer, and like better, and have sworn such firm faith to that lady that ye care not to loose it—as I scarce may believe. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 spake speak VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nsubj _ _ 11 deserve deserve VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 12 blame blame NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 13 if if SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 nsubj _ _ 15 hold hold VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 18 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 20 sits sit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 21 beside beside ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 obl _ _ 23 above above ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 20 obl _ _ 25 else else ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 if if SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 32 nsubj _ _ 32 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 34 already already ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 vocative _ _ 37 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 39 obj _ _ 38 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 39 nsubj _ _ 39 hold hold VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 40 dearer dear ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 39 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 like like ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 11 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 sworn swear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 44 conj _ _ 49 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 50 firm firm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 faith faith NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 52 to to ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 54 det _ _ 54 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 55 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 57 obj _ _ 56 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 57 nsubj _ _ 57 care care VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 acl:relcl _ _ 58 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 60 advmod _ _ 59 to to PART TO _ 60 mark _ _ 60 loose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 ccomp _ _ 61 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 — - PUNCT : _ 65 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 as as SCONJ IN _ 65 mark _ _ 64 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 65 scarce scarce VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 conj _ _ 66 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 67 aux _ _ 67 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 65 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the lady | | | then | to the knight | tree rules | | 2 | **deserve** *in a quote* | present | Ye | blame | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **hold** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | ye | lady | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lady=Theme | | 4 | **sit** *in a quote* | present | lady | | | ye | | above all in the world | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside ye=Location | | 5 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | ye | | | | | a love *vocative* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **hold** *in a quote* | present | ye | a love | | | | dear *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Theme | | 7 | **swear** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Ye *not said here* | such firm faith | | | | to that lady | tree rules | | 8 | **care** *in a quote* | present | ye | that lady | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **not** **lose** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Ye *not said here* | faith | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 10 | **scarce** *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **believe** *in a quote* | may | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | 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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/6/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/6/77/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/6/)