--- title: But one thing would I pray, if it displease thee not: since thou art… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: But one thing would I pray, if it displease thee not: since thou art lord of yonder land wherein I have dwelt, tell me what thy rightful name may be, and I will ask no more.” Who acts: one thing, sight, I, rightful name. 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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 (one thing, sight, I, rightful name), 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:pg66084:8:99 # text = But one thing would I pray, if it displease thee not: since thou art lord of yonder land wherein I have dwelt, tell me what thy rightful name may be, and I will ask no more.” 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 pray pray VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 if if SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 displease displease VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 11 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 10 obj _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 14 since since SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 nsubj _ _ 16 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 17 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 yonder yonder ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 wherein wherein ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 dwelt dwell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 26 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 27 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 iobj _ _ 28 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 33 obj _ _ 29 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 nmod:poss _ _ 30 rightful rightful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 32 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 39 no no ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pray** | would | one thing | | | | | I *nsubj* | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **not** **displease** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | sight | thee | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus thou=Experiencer | | 3 | **dwell** | present · perfect | I | | | | | wherein *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | one thing *not said here* | | me | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **be** | may | thy rightful name | | | | | what *obj* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | future | I | more | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent more=Recipient | | 7 | **name** | | thy | | | | | | nom name «communication 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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