--- title: The other feint I proffered thee for the morrow: my fair wife kissed… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: The other feint I proffered thee for the morrow: my fair wife kissed thee, and thou didst give me her kisses—for both those days I gave thee two blows without scathe—true man, true return. Who acts: other feint, fair wife, thou, 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 (other feint, fair wife, thou, 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:pg66084:8:73 # text = The other feint I proffered thee for the morrow: my fair wife kissed thee, and thou didst give me her kisses—for both those days I gave thee two blows without scathe—true man, true return. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 feint feint NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 proffered proffer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 obj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 11 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 12 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 15 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 19 nsubj _ _ 19 didst do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 20 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 ccomp _ _ 21 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 iobj _ _ 22 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 kisses kiss NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 — - PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 28 det _ _ 27 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 28 det _ _ 28 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 31 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 30 iobj _ _ 32 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 33 blows blow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 34 without without ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 scathe scathe NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 — - PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **proffer** | past | the other feint | thee | | | | for the morrow *goal*; I *nsubj* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent thou=Theme for morrow=Goal | | 2 | **kiss** | past | my fair wife | thee | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Co-Agent | | 3 | **do** | past | thou | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **give** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | wife's kisses | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient kiss=Theme | | 5 | **give** | past | I | two blows | thee | | day | without scathe | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient blow=Theme | | 6 | **kiss** | | wife | | | | | | nom kiss «act 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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