--- title: Then the other laughed and said gaily, “I wot I am whole of the hurt… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: Then the other laughed and said gaily, “I wot I am whole of the hurt I had, and thou hast made such free confession of thy misdeeds, and hast so borne the penance of mine axe-edge, that I hold thee absolved from that sin, and purged as clean as if thou hadst never sinned since thou wast born. 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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, 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:pg66084:8:88 # text = Then the other laughed and said gaily, “I wot I am whole of the hurt I had, and thou hast made such free confession of thy misdeeds, and hast so borne the penance of mine axe-edge, that I hold thee absolved from that sin, and purged as clean as if thou hadst never sinned since thou wast born. 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 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 7 gaily gaily ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 wot wot VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 ccomp _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 hurt hurt NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 25 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 26 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 confession confession NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 misdeeds misdeed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 so so ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 borne bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 penance penance NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 39 mine mine PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 40 axe axe NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 hold hold VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 47 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 46 obj _ _ 48 absolved absolve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 xcomp _ _ 49 from from ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 51 det _ _ 51 sin sin NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 purged purge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 55 as as ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 obl _ _ 57 as as SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 58 if if SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 59 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 62 nsubj _ _ 60 hadst have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 61 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 62 advmod _ _ 62 sinned sin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 54 advcl _ _ 63 since since SCONJ IN _ 66 mark _ _ 64 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 66 nsubj:pass _ _ 65 wast be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 66 aux:pass _ _ 66 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 62 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | past | the other | | | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the other *not said here* | | | | | gaily *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **wot** *in a quote* | present | the other *= other* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the other *= other* | | | | | of the hurt; whole *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | past | the other *= other* | the hurt *not said here* | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hurt=Patient | | 6 | **make** *in a quote* | present · passive | | thou | | | | such free confession of thy misdeeds *obj* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary confession=Product | | 7 | **bear** *in a quote* | present · perfect | | the penance of mine axe edge | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent penance=Patient | | 8 | **hold** *in a quote* | present | the other *= other* | thee | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **absolve** *in a quote* | participle | the other *= other* *not said here* | | | that sin | | | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer | | 10 | **purge** *in a quote* | participle | the other *not said here* | | | | | as clean | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **not** **sin** *in a quote* | past · perfect | thou | | | | | | vn rebel-71.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **bear** *in a quote* | past · passive | | thou | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 13 | **confess** *in a quote* | | | thy misdeeds | | | | | nom confession «communication transitive»: of=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. 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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/8/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/8/89/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/8/)