--- title: But ’tis no marvel if one be made a fool and brought to sorrow by wo… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: But ’tis no marvel if one be made a fool and brought to sorrow by women’s wiles, for so was Adam beguiled, and many a mighty man of old, Samson, and David, and Solomon—if one might love a woman and believe her not, ’twere great gain! Who acts: Adam, many, one. 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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 (Adam, many, one), 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:pg66084:8:95 # text = But ’tis no marvel if one be made a fool and brought to sorrow by women’s wiles, for so was Adam beguiled, and many a mighty man of old, Samson, and David, and Solomon—if one might love a woman and believe her not, ’twere great gain! 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 ’ ' PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 tis ti VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 marvel marvel NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 if if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 fool fool NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 sorrow sorrow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 by by ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ’s 's PART POS _ 17 case _ _ 19 wiles wile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 for for SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 22 so so ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 24 Adam Adam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 beguiled beguile VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 nsubj _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 Samson Samson PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 Solomon Solomon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 — - PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 if if SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 44 one one PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 love love VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 conj _ _ 51 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ _ 52 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 50 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 54 ’ ' VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 twere twere ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 56 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 gain gain NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ti** | present | | no marvel | | | | David and Solomon *obl* | tree rules | | 2 | **make** *a condition, not said to happen* | infinitive · passive | | one | | | | a fool *obj* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary fool=Product | | 3 | **bring** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **sorrow** | to-infinitive | | | | | | by women's wiles | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is** | past | Adam | | | | | beguile *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **man** | | many | | | | | of old; Samson *conj* | tree rules | | 7 | **love** *a condition, not said to happen* | might | one | a woman | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer woman=Stimulus | | 8 | **not** **believe** | infinitive | one *not said here* | Adam | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 9 | **'** | infinitive | one *not said here* | great gain | | | | twere *property* | 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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