--- title: With that she reached him a ring of red gold with a sparkling stone… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: With that she reached him a ring of red gold with a sparkling stone therein, that shone even as the sun (wit ye well, it was worth many marks); but the knight refused it, and spake readily, Who acts: quoth, ring, knight. 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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 (quoth, ring, knight), 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:pg66084:6:86 # text = With that she reached him a ring of red gold with a sparkling stone therein, that shone even as the sun (wit ye well, it was worth many marks); but the knight refused it, and spake readily, 1 With with ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obl _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 sparkling sparkling NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 15 therein therein ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 18 shone shine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 19 even even ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 20 as as ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 23 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 wit wit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 25 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 obj _ _ 26 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 30 worth worth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 31 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 marks mark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 spake speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 43 readily readily ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past | quoth | man | | | | with that | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **shine** | past | a ring of red gold with a sparkling stone | the sun | | | | that *nsubj* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent sun=Theme | | 3 | **wit** | infinitive | a ring of red gold with a sparkling stone *not said here* | ye | | | | well *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** | past | ring | worth many marks | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **refuse** | past | the knight | ring | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 6 | **speak** *speech: other* | infinitive | quoth *not said here* | | | | | readily *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/6/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/6/87/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/6/)