--- title: “Marry,” said the other, “mine is behind, for I have hunted all this… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: “Marry,” said the other, “mine is behind, for I have hunted all this day, and naught have I got but this foul fox-skin, and that is but poor payment for three such kisses as ye have here given me.” Who acts: other, naught, this, that. 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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 (other, naught, this, that), 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:pg66084:7:25 # text = “Marry,” said the other, “mine is behind, for I have hunted all this day, and naught have I got but this foul fox-skin, and that is but poor payment for three such kisses as ye have here given me.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 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 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 mine my PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 behind behind ADV RB _ 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 for for SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 hunted hunt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 18 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 20 det:predet _ _ 19 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 det _ _ 20 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 naught naught PRON NN PronType=Neg 24 nsubj _ _ 24 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 ccomp _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 28 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 nsubj _ _ 29 foul foul ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 30 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 35 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 nsubj _ _ 36 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 payment payment NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 43 nummod _ _ 42 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 kisses kiss NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nmod _ _ 44 as as SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 45 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 48 nsubj:pass _ _ 46 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 48 advmod _ _ 48 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 parataxis _ _ 49 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **marry** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the other | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the other *= other* | | | | | behind *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **hunt** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the other *= other* | | | | day | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | present | naught | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **get** *in a quote* | past | the other *= other* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **skin** *in a quote* | | this | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | poor payment | | | | for three such kisses | tree rules | | 9 | **give** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | ye | the other *= other* | here | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient i=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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