--- title: I give ye myself, as one of your servants, if ye so like; for I must… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: I give ye myself, as one of your servants, if ye so like; for I must needs, as ye know, go hence with the morn, and ye will give me, as ye promised, a guide to show me the way to the Green Chapel, an God will suffer me on New Year’s Day to deal the doom of my weird.” Who acts: I, ye, God. 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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 (I, ye, God), 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:pg66084:7:31 # text = I give ye myself, as one of your servants, if ye so like; for I must needs, as ye know, go hence with the morn, and ye will give me, as ye promised, a guide to show me the way to the Green Chapel, an God will suffer me on New Year’s Day to deal the doom of my weird.” 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 2 iobj _ _ 4 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 as as ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 conj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 if if SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 13 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 2 iobj _ _ 14 so so ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 like like ADP IN _ 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 for for SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 as as SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 nsubj _ _ 24 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 26 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 27 hence hence ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 morn morn NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 35 nsubj _ _ 34 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 36 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 as as SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 40 nsubj _ _ 40 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 guide guide NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 advcl _ _ 46 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 iobj _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 Green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 Chapel Chapel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 nsubj _ _ 56 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 57 suffer suffer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 acl:relcl _ _ 58 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 57 obj _ _ 59 on on ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 60 New New PROPN NNP Number=Sing 61 compound _ _ 61 Year Year PROPN NNP Number=Sing 63 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 62 ’s 's PART POS _ 61 case _ _ 63 Day Day PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 64 to to PART TO _ 65 mark _ _ 65 deal deal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 advcl _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 doom doom NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obj _ _ 68 of of ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 70 nmod:poss _ _ 70 weird weird ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 72 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present | I | | ye | | | myself *iobj*; one of your servants *conj* | tree rules | | 2 | **need** | must | I | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 3 | **know** | present | ye | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **go** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | with the morn; hence *property* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with morn=Beneficiary | | 5 | **give** | future | ye | | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 6 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | ye | a guide | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent guide=Theme | | 7 | **show** | to-infinitive | ye *not said here* | the way | me | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient way=Topic | | 8 | **suffer** | future | a God | me | | | on New Year's Day | to the Green Chapel | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 9 | **deal** | to-infinitive | a God *not said here* | the doom of my weird | | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent doom=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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