--- title: But haste, Sir Knight, by thy faith, and bring me to the point, deal… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: But haste, Sir Knight, by thy faith, and bring me to the point, deal me my destiny, and do it out of hand, for I will stand thee a stroke and move no more till thine axe have hit me—my troth on it.” Who acts: Knight, I. 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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 (Knight, I), 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:pg66084:8:46 # text = But haste, Sir Knight, by thy faith, and bring me to the point, deal me my destiny, and do it out of hand, for I will stand thee a stroke and move no more till thine axe have hit me—my troth on it.” 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 haste haste NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:desc _ _ 5 Knight Knight PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 faith faith NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 13 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 deal deal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 19 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 destiny destiny NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 do do VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 out out ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 for for SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 parataxis _ _ 34 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 33 obj _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 stroke stroke NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 39 no no ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 38 obj _ _ 41 till till SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 42 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 axe axe NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 44 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 hit hit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 advcl _ _ 46 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 — - PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 troth troth NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 50 on on ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | infinitive | Knight Sir and thy faith | me | | the point | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme to point=Destination | | 2 | **deal** | infinitive | Knight Sir and thy faith *not said here* | my destiny | me | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient destiny=Theme | | 3 | **do** | infinitive | | destiny | | hand | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 4 | **stand** | future | I | thee | | | | a stroke *obj* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme stroke=Destination | | 5 | **move** | infinitive | I *not said here* | more | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent more=Theme | | 6 | **hit** | present · perfect · passive | | thine axe | | troth | | me *obj* | tree rules | 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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