--- title: “Now,” said the lady, “ye refuse this silk, for it is simple in itse… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: “Now,” said the lady, “ye refuse this silk, for it is simple in itself, and so it seems, indeed; lo, it is small to look upon and less in cost, but whoso knew the virtue that is knit therein he would, peradventure, value it more highly. Who acts: lady, ye, silk, it. 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Weston, Opening, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (lady, ye, silk, it), 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:pg66084:7:2 # text = “Now,” said the lady, “ye refuse this silk, for it is simple in itself, and so it seems, indeed; lo, it is small to look upon and less in cost, but whoso knew the virtue that is knit therein he would, peradventure, value it more highly. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ 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 refuse refuse VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 12 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 13 silk silk NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 for for SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 18 simple simple ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 so so ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 seems seem VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 29 lo lo INTJ UH _ 33 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 33 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 36 upon upon ADP IN _ 35 obl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 33 advmod _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 cost cost NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 but but CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 whoso whoso PRON WP PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 44 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 virtue virtue NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 49 nsubj _ _ 48 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 49 knit knit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 acl:relcl _ _ 50 therein therein ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 54 peradventure peradventure ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 56 value value VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 conj _ _ 57 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 obj _ _ 58 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 59 advmod _ _ 59 highly highly ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the lady | | | | now | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **refuse** *in a quote* | present | ye | this silk | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent silk=Theme | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | silk | | | | | in silk; simple *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **seem** *in a quote* | present | it | | | | | indeed *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | silk | | | cost | | less, small *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **look** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | silk *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **know** *in a quote* | past | whoso | the virtue | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer virtue=Stimulus | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the virtue | | | | | knit *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **value** *in a quote* | infinitive | the virtue *not said here* | virtue | | | | highly *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/7/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/7/3/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/7/)