--- title: “That is the worst word I may hear,” quoth the lady, “but in sooth I… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: “That is the worst word I may hear,” quoth the lady, “but in sooth I have mine answer; kiss me now courteously, and I will go hence; I can but mourn as a maiden that loves much.” Who acts: That, knight, worst word, maiden. 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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, knight, worst word, maiden), 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:pg66084:6:79 # text = “That is the worst word I may hear,” quoth the lady, “but in sooth I have mine answer; kiss me now courteously, and I will go hence; I can but mourn as a maiden that loves much.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 worst bad ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 amod _ _ 6 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 12 quoth quoth VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 16 “ " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 sooth sooth NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 22 mine my PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 answer answer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 25 kiss kiss VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 26 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ _ 28 courteously courteously ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 parataxis _ _ 34 hence hence ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 mourn mourn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 parataxis _ _ 40 as as ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 44 loves love VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 acl:relcl _ _ 45 much much ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ” " PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | That | the worst word | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **hear** *in a quote* | may | the knight *= knight* | the worst word *not said here* | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 3 | **quoth** | present | the worst word | the lady | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **have** *in a quote* | present | the knight *= knight* | the knight *= knight* | | sooth | | | tree rules | | 5 | **answer** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | the knight *= knight* *not said here* | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **kiss** *in a quote* | infinitive | the worst word *not said here* | the knight *= knight* | | | now | courteously *property* | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Co-Agent | | 7 | **go** *in a quote* | future | the knight *= knight* | | | | | hence *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **mourn** *in a quote* | can | the knight *= knight* | | | | | as a maiden | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **love** *in a quote* | present | a maiden | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: 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. 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