--- title: “Thou art not Gawain,” he said, “who is held so valiant, that never… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: “Thou art not Gawain,” he said, “who is held so valiant, that never feared he man by hill or vale, but _thou_ shrinkest for fear ere thou feelest hurt. Who acts: Gawain, thou. A sentence of «Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-English Arthurian Romance Retold in Modern Prose» by Jessie L. 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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 (Gawain, 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:pg66084:8:40 # text = “Thou art not Gawain,” he said, “who is held so valiant, that never feared he man by hill or vale, but _thou_ shrinkest for fear ere thou feelest hurt. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 3 nsubj _ _ 3 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 ccomp _ _ 15 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 valiant valiant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 obj _ _ 19 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 20 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 by by ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 25 or or CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 vale vale NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 32 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 30 punct _ _ 32 shrinkest shrink VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 35 ere ere ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 36 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 nsubj _ _ 37 feelest feel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 hurt hurt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Gawain | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **hold** *in a quote* | present · passive | | | | | | who *nsubj:pass*; valiant *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **not** **fear** *in a quote* | past | | that | | | | Gawain *obj*; man or vale *obj* | tree rules | | 4 | **shrink** *in a quote* | present | thou | | | | | for fear | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **hurt** *in a quote* | present · passive | | thou | | | | ere *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | 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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