--- title: Then he would take leave of the ladies, and courteously he kissed th… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: Then he would take leave of the ladies, and courteously he kissed them, and spake, praying them to receive his thanks, and they made like reply; then with many sighs they commended him to Christ, and he departed courteously from that folk. Who acts: honour, needs. 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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 (honour, needs), 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:pg66084:7:34 # text = Then he would take leave of the ladies, and courteously he kissed them, and spake, praying them to receive his thanks, and they made like reply; then with many sighs they commended him to Christ, and he departed courteously from that folk. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 leave leave NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 courteously courteously ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 spake speak NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 praying pray VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 advcl _ _ 20 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 receive receive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 thanks thanks NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 29 like like ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 reply reply NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 32 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 sighs sigh NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 commended commend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 Christ Christ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 departed depart VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 45 courteously courteously ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 46 from from ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 48 det _ _ 48 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | would | honour | leave of the ladies | | | then | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leave=Theme | | 2 | **kiss** | past | honour | needs *= need* | | | | spake *obl*; courteously *property* | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Co-Agent | | 3 | **pray** | gerund | honour *not said here* | needs *= need* | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **receive** | to-infinitive | honour *not said here* | honour's thanks | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thanks=Theme | | 5 | **make** | past | needs *= need* | | | | | like reply | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 6 | **commend** | past | needs *= need* | honour | Christ | | then | with many sighs | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 7 | **depart** | past | honour | | | that folk | | courteously *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from folk=Initial\_Location | 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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