--- title: “Lo, lady,” he quoth, and handled the lace, “this is the bond of the… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: “Lo, lady,” he quoth, and handled the lace, “this is the bond of the blame that I bear in my neck, this is the harm and the loss I have suffered, the cowardice and covetousness in which I was caught, the token of my covenant in which I was taken. Who acts: Gawain, this, I, my. 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Weston, Opening, part 9. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Gawain, this, I, my), 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:pg66084:9:2 # text = “Lo, lady,” he quoth, and handled the lace, “this is the bond of the blame that I bear in my neck, this is the harm and the loss I have suffered, the cowardice and covetousness in which I was caught, the token of my covenant in which I was taken. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Lo lo INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 8 quoth quoth ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 handled handle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 lace lace NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 “ " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 nsubj _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 bond bond NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 parataxis _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 blame blame NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 obj _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 bear bear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 nsubj _ _ 31 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 harm harm NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 suffered suffer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 cowardice cowardice NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 appos _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 covetousness covetousness NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 49 obl _ _ 47 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj:pass _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux:pass _ _ 49 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 token token NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 covenant covenant NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ _ 56 in in ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 60 obl _ _ 58 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 59 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 aux:pass _ _ 60 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 55 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **handle** | past | Gawain | the lace | | | | lady *ccomp*; quoth *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | this | the bond and the harm and the loss and the token of my covenant | | | | of the blame; the token of my covenant *conj* | tree rules | | 3 | **bear** *in a quote* | present | I | the blame | | my neck | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | this | the harm and the loss | | | | the loss *conj*; the cowardice and covetousness *appos* | tree rules | | 5 | **suffer** *in a quote* | present · perfect | I | the loss *not said here* | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer loss=Stimulus | | 6 | **catch** *in a quote* | past · passive | | I | | covetousness | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **take** *in a quote* | past · passive | | I | | my covenant | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Value in which=Location | | 8 | **covenant** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom covenant «communication intransitive»: 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. 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/9/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/9/3/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66084/9/)