--- title: Then he bare with her chiding, and let her say her say, and she pres… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: Then he bare with her chiding, and let her say her say, and she pressed the girdle on him and prayed him to take it, and he granted her prayer, and she gave it him with good will, and besought him for her sake never to reveal it but to hide it loyally from her lord; and the knight agreed that never --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/7/6/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Mid…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/) / [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/7/) / 6 # Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-English Arthurian Romance Retold in Modern Prose, Opening, part 7, sentence 6 Then he bare with her chiding, and let her say her say, and she pressed the girdle on him and prayed him to take it, and he granted her prayer, and she gave it him with good will, and besought him for her sake never to reveal it but to hide it loyally from her lord; and the knight agreed that never should any man know it, save they two alone. **Who acts:** Sir, jeopardy, knight, man · **What happens:** bear, let, say, press, pray, take · **To what, where:** jeopardy, girdle, Sir, prayer, two · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-English Arthurian Romance Retold in Modern Prose» by Jessie L. 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 (Sir, jeopardy, knight, man), 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:pg66084:7:6 # text = Then he bare with her chiding, and let her say her say, and she pressed the girdle on him and prayed him to take it, and he granted her prayer, and she gave it him with good will, and besought him for her sake never to reveal it but to hide it loyally from her lord; and the knight agreed that never should any man know it, save they two alone. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 bare bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 chiding chiding NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 10 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 pressed press VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 girdle girdle NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 on on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 prayed pray VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 granted grant VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 prayer prayer NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 iobj _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 besought beseech VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 sake sake NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 50 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 52 advmod _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 reveal reveal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 advcl _ _ 53 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ _ 54 but but CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 55 to to PART TO _ 56 mark _ _ 56 hide hide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 conj _ _ 57 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 obj _ _ 58 loyally loyally ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 59 from from ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 nmod:poss _ _ 61 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 ; ; PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 nsubj _ _ 66 agreed agree VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 67 that that SCONJ IN _ 72 mark _ _ 68 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 72 advmod _ _ 69 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 72 aux _ _ 70 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 71 det _ _ 71 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 nsubj _ _ 72 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 66 ccomp _ _ 73 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 72 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 74 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 75 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 72 conj _ _ 76 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 77 nsubj _ _ 77 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 75 obj _ _ 78 alone alone ADV RB _ 75 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 79 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bear** | infinitive | Sir | | | | then | with jeopardy's chiding | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **let** | infinitive | Sir *not said here* | jeopardy | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | jeopardy *not said here* | jeopardy | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent she=Topic | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **press** | past | jeopardy | the girdle | | | | on Sir | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girdle=Theme | | 6 | **pray** | past | jeopardy *not said here* | Sir | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **take** | to-infinitive | jeopardy *not said here* | girdle | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 8 | **grant** | past | Sir | jeopardy's prayer | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent prayer=Theme | | 9 | **give** | past | jeopardy | girdle | Sir | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient it=Theme | | 10 | **beseech** | past | jeopardy *not said here* | Sir | | | | for jeopardy's sake | tree rules | | 11 | **not** **reveal** | to-infinitive | jeopardy *not said here* | girdle | | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 12 | **hide** | to-infinitive | jeopardy *not said here* | girdle | | | | from jeopardy's lord | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent it=Patient from lord=Beneficiary | | 13 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | the knight | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 14 | **not** **know** | should | any man | girdle | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 15 | **save** | infinitive | any man *not said here* | two bears | | | | alone *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent two=Theme | | 16 | **chide** | | jeopardy | | | | | | nom chiding «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 17 | **pray** | | jeopardy | | | | | | nom prayer «act intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/7/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/7/7/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/7/)