--- title: Sighing, she stooped down and kissed him, and then she rose up and s… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: Sighing, she stooped down and kissed him, and then she rose up and spake as she stood, “Now, dear, at our parting do me this grace: give me some gift, if it were but thy glove, that I may bethink me of my knight, and lessen my mourning.” Who acts: lady, gift, knight, our. 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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 (lady, gift, knight, our), 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:pg66084:6:80 # text = Sighing, she stooped down and kissed him, and then she rose up and spake as she stood, “Now, dear, at our parting do me this grace: give me some gift, if it were but thy glove, that I may bethink me of my knight, and lessen my mourning.” 1 Sighing sigh VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 stooped stoop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 down down ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advmod _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 14 up up ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 spake speak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ _ 17 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 “ " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 at at ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 parting parting NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 29 do do VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ _ 30 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 iobj _ _ 31 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 det _ _ 32 grace grace NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 34 give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 35 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 iobj _ _ 36 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 37 det _ _ 37 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 39 if if SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 41 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 42 but but CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 glove glove NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 that that SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 47 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 bethink bethink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 50 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 lessen lessen VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 57 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 mourning mourning NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ” " PUNCT '' _ 56 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sigh** | gerund | lady *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **stoop down** | past | lady | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **kiss** | past | lady *not said here* | maiden | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | | 4 | **rise up** | past | lady | | | | then | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **stand** | past | lady | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **do** *in a quote* | infinitive | | this grace | the knight *= knight* | our parting | | | tree rules | | 7 | **give** *in a quote* | infinitive | | some gift | the knight *= knight* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient gift=Theme | | 8 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | gift | thy glove | | | | thy *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 9 | **bethink** *in a quote* | may | the knight *= knight* | the knight *= knight* | | | | of my knight | tree rules | | 10 | **lessen** *in a quote* | infinitive | | my mourning | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent mourning=Patient | | 11 | **part** *in a quote* | | our | | | | | | nom parting «act intransitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **mourn** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom mourning «state intransitive»: 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. 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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/6/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/6/81/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/6/)