--- title: Then Gawain went to him, and looked on his coat, and said by his soo… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: Then Gawain went to him, and looked on his coat, and said by his sooth, “There is a folk in this place that thinketh on honour; much joy may they have, and the lord who maintains them, and may all good betide that lovely lady all her life long. Who acts: Gawain, folk, place, much joy. 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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 (Gawain, folk, place, much joy), 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:pg66084:7:57 # text = Then Gawain went to him, and looked on his coat, and said by his sooth, “There is a folk in this place that thinketh on honour; much joy may they have, and the lord who maintains them, and may all good betide that lovely lady all her life long. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 15 by by ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 sooth sooth NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 “ " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 21 expl _ _ 21 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 det _ _ 26 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 28 thinketh think VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 29 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 34 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 41 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 42 maintains maintain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 43 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 46 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 all all ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 parataxis _ _ 49 betide betide VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 50 that that SCONJ IN _ 56 mark _ _ 51 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nsubj _ _ 53 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 55 det:predet _ _ 54 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ _ 56 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 49 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Gawain | | knight | | then | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **look** | past | Gawain *not said here* | | | | | on Gawain's coat | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on coat=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | participle | | | | | | by Gawain's sooth | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **be** *in a quote* | present | a folk in this place | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | this place | | | | | on honour | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent on honour=Topic | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | may | much joy | | | | | eyes *= eye* *nsubj* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **maintain** *in a quote* | present | the lord | eyes *= eye* | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 8 | **betide** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | | tree rules | 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/7/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/7/58/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/7/)