--- title: “Nay,” quoth Gawain, “by God that gave me life, I shall make no moan… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: “Nay,” quoth Gawain, “by God that gave me life, I shall make no moan whatever befall me, but make thou ready for the blow and I shall stand still and say never a word to thee, do as thou wilt.” Who acts: you, that, other, whatever. 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Weston, Opening, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, that, other, whatever), 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:pg66084:8:32 # text = “Nay,” quoth Gawain, “by God that gave me life, I shall make no moan whatever befall me, but make thou ready for the blow and I shall stand still and say never a word to thee, do as thou wilt.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Nay nay INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 5 quoth quoth VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 “ " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 11 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 13 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 iobj _ _ 14 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 19 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 20 det _ _ 20 moan moan NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 22 befall befall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 acl:relcl _ _ 23 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 27 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 26 obj _ _ 28 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 xcomp _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 36 still still ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 39 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 42 to to ADP TO _ 43 case _ _ 43 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 do do VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 46 as as SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 47 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 48 nsubj _ _ 48 wilt will AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 45 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **quoth** | imperative | you *not said here* | Gawain | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **give** *in a quote* | past | that | life | the other *= other* | | | by God | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient life=Theme | | 3 | **make** *in a quote* | shall | the other *= other* | no moan | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moan=Product | | 4 | **befall** *in a quote* | infinitive | whatever | the other *= other* | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **make** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | thou | | | | ready *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset thou=Product | | 6 | **stand** *in a quote* | shall | the other *= other* | | | | still | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | the other *= other* *not said here* | a word | thee | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent word=Topic to thou=Recipient | | 8 | **do** *in a quote* | infinitive | the other *= other* *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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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