--- title: And I must needs wear it so long as I live, for none may hide his ha… — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-Englis… · tree and pragmatics description: And I must needs wear it so long as I live, for none may hide his harm, but undone it may not be, for if it hath clung to thee once, it may never be severed.” Who acts: I, none, Gawain. 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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 (I, none, Gawain), 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:pg66084:9:3 # text = And I must needs wear it so long as I live, for none may hide his harm, but undone it may not be, for if it hath clung to thee once, it may never be severed.” 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 wear wear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 for for SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 16 nsubj _ _ 15 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 hide hide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 harm harm NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 21 undone undone ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ _ 23 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 aux:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 for for SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 if if SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 clung cling VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 advcl _ _ 32 to to ADP TO _ 33 case _ _ 33 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 obl _ _ 34 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 38 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 severed sever VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wear** | must | I | lace | | | | long *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **live** | present | I | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **hide** | may | none | Gawain's harm | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harm=Patient | | 4 | **cling** | infinitive · passive | I *not said here* | | | | | to thee; once *property* | vn cling-22.5 «NP V PP.co-theme»: to thou=Co-Theme | | 5 | **not** **sever** | may · passive | | lace | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **harm** | | Gawain | | | | | | nom harm «state 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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