--- title: “Good fortune be his who wishes me good, and that thou wouldst keep… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: “Good fortune be his who wishes me good, and that thou wouldst keep faith with me I well believe; but didst thou keep it never so truly, an I passed here and fled for fear as thou sayest, then were I a coward knight, and might not be held guiltless. Who acts: Good fortune, that, man, thou. 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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 (Good fortune, that, man, thou), 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:pg66084:7:83 # text = “Good fortune be his who wishes me good, and that thou wouldst keep faith with me I well believe; but didst thou keep it never so truly, an I passed here and fled for fear as thou sayest, then were I a coward knight, and might not be held guiltless. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 wishes wish VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 nsubj _ _ 13 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 nsubj _ _ 14 wouldst would AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 16 faith faith NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nmod _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 21 advmod _ _ 21 believe believe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 didst do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 25 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 26 nsubj _ _ 26 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 truly truly ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ _ 35 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 34 advmod _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 fled flee VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 40 as as SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 41 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 42 nsubj _ _ 42 sayest say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 44 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 49 advmod _ _ 45 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 46 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 coward coward ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 52 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 53 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 55 advmod _ _ 54 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 55 aux:pass _ _ 55 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 conj _ _ 56 guiltless guiltless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | infinitive | Good fortune | Gramercy | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **wish** *in a quote* | present | | man | | | | who *nsubj*; good *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot i=Theme | | 3 | **keep** *in a quote* | would | that | faith | | | | with man; thou *nsubj* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent faith=Theme | | 4 | **believe** *in a quote* | present | man | faith *not said here* | | | | well *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer faith=Stimulus | | 5 | **do** *in a quote* | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **keep** *in a quote* | infinitive | thou | faith | | | never | truly *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 7 | **pass** *in a quote* | past | man | | | here | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **flee** *in a quote* | past | man *not said here* | | | | | for fear | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | thou | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | man | a coward knight | | | then | | tree rules | | 11 | **not** **hold** *in a quote* | might · passive | | | | | | guiltless *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V» | 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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