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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-English Arthurian Romance Retold in Modern Prose, Opening, part 4, sentence 80

“Forsooth,” quoth the knight, “ye say but the truth: ’tis a high quest and a pressing that hath brought me afield, for I am summoned myself to a certain place, and I know not whither in the world I may wend to find it; so help me Christ, I would give all the kingdom of Logres an I might find it by New Year’s morn.

Who acts: Forsooth, ye, truth, pressing, host · What happens: quoth, say, ti, press, have, bring · To what, where: knight, high quest, host, world, quest, kingdom · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-English Arthurian Romance Retold in Modern Prose» by Jessie L. Weston, Opening, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Forsooth, ye, truth, pressing), 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

punctnsubjpunctpunctdetobjpunctpunctnsubjparataxisccdetnsubjpunctapposconjdetamodobjccnmodcsubjmarkadvclacl:relclobjxcomppunctmarknsubjaux:passparataxisobjcasedetamodoblpunctccnsubjconjadvmodadvmodcasedetoblnsubjauxccompmarkadvclobjpunctadvmodparataxisobjobjpunctnsubjauxconjdet:predetdetobjcasenmoddetnsubjauxacl:relclobjcasecompoundnmod:posscaseoblpunctroot“PUNCTForsoothADJ,PUNCT”PUNCTquothVERBtheDETknightNOUN,PUNCT“PUNCTyePRONsayVERBbutCCONJtheDETtruthNOUN:PUNCT’XtisVERBaDEThighADJquestNOUNandCCONJaDETpressingVERBthatSCONJhathVERBbroughtVERBmePRONafieldADJ,PUNCTforSCONJIPRONamAUXsummonedVERBmyselfPRONtoADPaDETcertainADJplaceNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJIPRONknowVERBnotPARTwhitherADVinADPtheDETworldNOUNIPRONmayAUXwendVERBtoPARTfindVERBitPRON;PUNCTsoADVhelpVERBmePRONChristPROPN,PUNCTIPRONwouldAUXgiveVERBallDETtheDETkingdomNOUNofADPLogresPROPNanDETIPRONmightAUXfindVERBitPRONbyADPNewPROPNYearPROPN’sPARTmornNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1“"PUNCT_2 Forsoothpunct
2ForsoothforsoothADJDegree=Pos5 quothnsubj
3,,PUNCT_2 Forsoothpunct
4”"PUNCT_2 Forsoothpunct
5quothquothVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 knightdet
7knightknightNOUNNumber=Sing5 quothobj
8,,PUNCT_11 saypunct
9“"PUNCT_11 saypunct
10yeyePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch11 saynsubj
11saysayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 quothparataxis
12butbutCCONJ_17 tiscc
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 truthdet
14truthtruthNOUNNumber=Sing17 tisnsubj
15::PUNCT_16 ’punct
16’'XExtPos=PROPN14 truthappos
17tistiVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin11 sayconj
18aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art20 questdet
19highhighADJDegree=Pos20 questamod
20questquestNOUNNumber=Sing17 tisobj
21andandCCONJ_22 acc
22aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art20 questnmod
23pressingpressVERBVerbForm=Ger26 broughtcsubj
24thatthatSCONJ_25 hathmark
25hathhaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin23 pressingadvcl
26broughtbringVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin22 aacl:relcl
27meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs26 broughtobj
28afieldafieldADJDegree=Pos26 broughtxcomp
29,,PUNCT_33 summonedpunct
30forforSCONJ_33 summonedmark
31IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs33 summonednsubj
32ambeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin33 summonedaux:pass
33summonedsummonVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass26 broughtparataxis
34myselfmyselfPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes33 summonedobj
35totoADP_38 placecase
36aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art38 placedet
37certaincertainADJDegree=Pos38 placeamod
38placeplaceNOUNNumber=Sing33 summonedobl
39,,PUNCT_42 knowpunct
40andandCCONJ_42 knowcc
41IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs42 knownsubj
42knowknowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin33 summonedconj
43notnotPARTPolarity=Neg42 knowadvmod
44whitherwhitherADVPronType=Int50 wendadvmod
45ininADP_47 worldcase
46thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art47 worlddet
47worldworldNOUNNumber=Sing50 wendobl
48IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs50 wendnsubj
49maymayAUXVerbForm=Fin50 wendaux
50wendwendVERBVerbForm=Inf42 knowccomp
51totoPART_52 findmark
52findfindVERBVerbForm=Inf50 wendadvcl
53ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs52 findobj
54;;PUNCT_56 helppunct
55sosoADV_56 helpadvmod
56helphelpVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin5 quothparataxis
57meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs56 helpobj
58ChristChristPROPNNumber=Sing56 helpobj
59,,PUNCT_62 givepunct
60IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs62 givensubj
61wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin62 giveaux
62givegiveVERBVerbForm=Inf56 helpconj
63allallDETPronType=Tot65 kingdomdet:predet
64thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art65 kingdomdet
65kingdomkingdomNOUNNumber=Sing62 giveobj
66ofofADP_67 Logrescase
67LogresLogresPROPNNumber=Sing65 kingdomnmod
68anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art71 finddet
69IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs71 findnsubj
70mightmightAUXVerbForm=Fin71 findaux
71findfindVERBVerbForm=Inf65 kingdomacl:relcl
72ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs71 findobj
73bybyADP_77 morncase
74NewNewPROPNNumber=Sing75 Yearcompound
75YearYearPROPNNumber=Sing77 mornnmod:poss
76’s'sPART_75 Yearcase
77mornmornNOUNNumber=Sing71 findobl
78..PUNCT_5 quothpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1quothpresentForsooththe knighttree rules
2say speech: assert in a quotepresentyevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3ti in a quotepresentthe trutha high quest atree rules
4press in a quotegerundvn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
5have in a quotepresentvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
6bring in a quotepastpressingthe host = hostafield propertyvn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument i=Destination
7summon in a quotepresent · passivethe host = hostto a certain place; myself objtree rules
8not know in a quotepresentthe host = hostvn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
9wend in a quotemaythe host = hostthe worldwhither propertyvn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in world=Trajectory
10find in a quoteto-infinitivethe host = host not said herequestvn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
11help in a quoteinfinitivethe host = hostChrist objtree rules
12give in a quotewouldthe host = hostall kingdom of Logresvn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme
13find in a quotemightthe host = hostkingdomby New Year's mornvn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

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.

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