--- title: Then the other stood a great while still, sorely angered and vexed w… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: Then the other stood a great while still, sorely angered and vexed within himself; all the blood flew to his face, and he shrank for shame as the Green Knight spake; and the first words he said were, “Cursed be ye, cowardice and covetousness, for in ye is the destruction of virtue.” Who acts: other, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/8/81/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Mid…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/) / [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/8/) / 81 # Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-English Arthurian Romance Retold in Modern Prose, Opening, part 8, sentence 81 Then the other stood a great while still, sorely angered and vexed within himself; all the blood flew to his face, and he shrank for shame as the Green Knight spake; and the first words he said were, “Cursed be ye, cowardice and covetousness, for in ye is the destruction of virtue.” **Who acts:** other, blood, Sir, ye · **What happens:** stand, anger, vex, fly, shrink, say · **To what, where:** first words, ye · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-English Arthurian Romance Retold in Modern Prose» by Jessie L. 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, blood, Sir, ye), 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:pg66084:8:81 # text = Then the other stood a great while still, sorely angered and vexed within himself; all the blood flew to his face, and he shrank for shame as the Green Knight spake; and the first words he said were, “Cursed be ye, cowardice and covetousness, for in ye is the destruction of virtue.” 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 nsubj _ _ 4 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 still still ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 sorely sorely ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 angered anger VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 vexed vex VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ _ 14 within within ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 19 det:predet _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 shrank shrink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 shame shame NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 30 as as ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 32 Green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 33 Knight Knight PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 spake speak NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 39 amod _ _ 39 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 42 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 “ " PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 Cursed curse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 46 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 cop _ _ 47 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 49 cowardice cowardice NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 covetousness covetousness NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 53 for for ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 54 in in ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 55 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 58 nsubj _ _ 56 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 58 cop _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 destruction destruction NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 virtue virtue NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | the other | | | | then; still; while | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **anger** | participle | | | | | | sorely *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **vex** | participle | | | | | | within Sir | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **fly** | past | all blood | | | | | to Sir's face *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to face=Result | | 5 | **shrink** | past | Sir | | | | | for shame; as the Green Knight spake | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Sir | the first words *not said here* | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic | | 7 | **curse** *in a quote* | past · passive | | the first words | | | | cowardice and covetousness *obl* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 8 | **is a** *in a quote* | infinitive | | ye | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **is** *in a quote* | present | ye | | | | | for the destruction; of virtue | 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. Weston, Project Gutenberg book 66084 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/8/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/8/82/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/8/)