--- title: “Now, I wis,” quoth the knight, “I would that I had here but the lea… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: “Now, I wis,” quoth the knight, “I would that I had here but the least thing that I possess on earth that I might leave ye as love-token, great or small, for ye have deserved forsooth more reward than I might give ye. Who acts: knight, wis, earth. 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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 (knight, wis, earth), 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:pg66084:6:82 # text = “Now, I wis,” quoth the knight, “I would that I had here but the least thing that I possess on earth that I might leave ye as love-token, great or small, for ye have deserved forsooth more reward than I might give ye. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 wis wi NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 quoth quoth VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 “ " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 15 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 obj _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 ccomp _ _ 18 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 22 amod _ _ 22 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 23 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 obj _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 possess possess VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 28 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 acl:relcl _ _ 32 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 obj _ _ 33 as as ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 token token NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 39 or or CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 for for SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 44 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 deserved deserve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 conj _ _ 46 forsooth forsooth ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 48 amod _ _ 48 reward reward NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 49 than than SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 50 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 acl:relcl _ _ 53 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 52 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wi** *in a quote* | | the knight *= knight* | | | | now | | tree rules | | 2 | **quoth** | present | wis | the knight | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **have** *in a quote* | past | the knight *= knight* | that | | here | | the least thing *conj* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient | | 4 | **possess** *in a quote* | present | the knight *= knight* | the least thing | | earth | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot that=Theme | | 5 | **leave** *in a quote* | might | earth | ye | | | | as love token; I *nsubj* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ye=Theme | | 6 | **deserve** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | ye | | | | more reward *obj* | tree rules | | 7 | **give** *in a quote* | might | the knight *= knight* | more reward *not said here* | ye | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ye=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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