--- title: “Well,” quoth the other, “now that ye have said so much that ye will… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: “Well,” quoth the other, “now that ye have said so much that ye will take your own harm on yourself, and ye be pleased to lose your life, I will neither let nor keep ye. Who acts: ye, man, your. 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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 (ye, man, your), 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:pg66084:7:86 # text = “Well,” quoth the other, “now that ye have said so much that ye will take your own harm on yourself, and ye be pleased to lose your life, I will neither let nor keep ye. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 quoth quoth VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 39 advmod _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 advcl _ _ 15 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 ccomp _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 nsubj _ _ 19 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 acl _ _ 21 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 22 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 harm harm NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 on on ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 30 nsubj _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 cop _ _ 30 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 conj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 neither neither ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 40 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 41 cc _ _ 41 keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 42 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **quoth** | present | | the other | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | ye | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | | 3 | **take** *in a quote* | future | ye | your own harm | | | | on yourself | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent harm=Theme on yourself=Destination | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | ye | | | | | pleased *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **lose** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | ye *not said here* | your life | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Eventuality | | 6 | **let** *in a quote* | future | man | | | | now | neither *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **keep** *in a quote* | infinitive | man *not said here* | ye | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ye=Theme | | 8 | **harm** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom harm «state transitive»: 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. 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