Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-English Arthurian Romance Retold in Modern Prose, Opening, part 5, sentence 54
“In good faith, Sir Gawain,” quoth the gay lady, “the praise and the prowess that pleases all ladies I lack them not, nor hold them light; yet are there ladies enough who would liever now have the knight in their hold, as I have ye here, to dally with your courteous words, to bring them comfort and to ease their cares, than much of the treasure and the gold that are theirs.
Who acts: prowess, praise, ladies, faith, that, your · What happens: quoth, please, not lack, hold, be, have · To what, where: gay lady, good faith, ladies, knight, hold, praise · 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 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (prowess, praise, ladies, faith), 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 quoth | punct |
| 2 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 faith | case |
| 3 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 faith | amod |
| 4 | faith | faith | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 quoth | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Sir | punct |
| 6 | Sir | Sir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 faith | appos |
| 7 | Gawain | Gawain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Sir | flat |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 faith | punct |
| 9 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 quoth | punct |
| 10 | quoth | quoth | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 lady | det |
| 12 | gay | gay | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 lady | amod |
| 13 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 quoth | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 praise | punct |
| 15 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 praise | punct |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 praise | det |
| 17 | praise | praise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 lack | nsubj |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 prowess | cc |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 prowess | det |
| 20 | prowess | prowess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 praise | conj |
| 21 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 22 pleases | nsubj |
| 22 | pleases | please | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 prowess | acl:relcl |
| 23 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 24 ladies | det |
| 24 | ladies | lady | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 pleases | obj |
| 25 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 26 lack | nsubj |
| 26 | lack | lack | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 quoth | conj |
| 27 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 lack | obj |
| 28 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 26 lack | advmod |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 hold | punct |
| 30 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 31 hold | cc |
| 31 | hold | hold | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 26 lack | conj |
| 32 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 hold | obj |
| 33 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 hold | obj |
| 34 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 38 ladies | punct |
| 35 | yet | yet | CCONJ | _ | 38 ladies | cc |
| 36 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 38 ladies | cop |
| 37 | there | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Typo=Yes | 38 ladies | nmod:poss |
| 38 | ladies | lady | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 quoth | obl |
| 39 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 38 ladies | advmod |
| 40 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 44 have | nsubj |
| 41 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 44 have | aux |
| 42 | liever | liever | ADV | _ | 44 have | advmod |
| 43 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 44 have | advmod |
| 44 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 38 ladies | acl:relcl |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 knight | det |
| 46 | knight | knight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 have | obj |
| 47 | in | in | ADP | _ | 49 hold | case |
| 48 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 hold | nmod:poss |
| 49 | hold | hold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 have | obl |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 have | punct |
| 51 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 53 have | mark |
| 52 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 53 have | nsubj |
| 53 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 quoth | parataxis |
| 54 | ye | ye | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 53 have | nsubj |
| 55 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 53 have | advmod |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 dally | punct |
| 57 | to | to | PART | _ | 58 dally | mark |
| 58 | dally | dally | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 53 have | conj |
| 59 | with | with | ADP | _ | 62 words | case |
| 60 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 62 words | nmod:poss |
| 61 | courteous | courteous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 62 words | amod |
| 62 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 58 dally | obl |
| 63 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 65 bring | punct |
| 64 | to | to | PART | _ | 65 bring | mark |
| 65 | bring | bring | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 58 dally | conj |
| 66 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 65 bring | obj |
| 67 | comfort | comfort | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 bring | obj |
| 68 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 70 ease | cc |
| 69 | to | to | PART | _ | 70 ease | mark |
| 70 | ease | ease | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 65 bring | conj |
| 71 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 72 cares | nmod:poss |
| 72 | cares | care | NOUN | Number=Plur | 70 ease | obj |
| 73 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 75 much | punct |
| 74 | than | than | ADP | _ | 75 much | case |
| 75 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 70 ease | conj |
| 76 | of | of | ADP | _ | 78 treasure | case |
| 77 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 78 treasure | det |
| 78 | treasure | treasure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 75 much | nmod |
| 79 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 81 gold | cc |
| 80 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 81 gold | det |
| 81 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 78 treasure | conj |
| 82 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 84 theirs | nsubj |
| 83 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 84 theirs | cop |
| 84 | theirs | their | PRON | Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 81 gold | parataxis |
| 85 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 quoth | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | quoth | present | the gay lady | good faith | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | please in a quote | present | the prowess | all ladies | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus lady=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | not lack in a quote | present | the praise and the prowess | ladies = lady | I nsubj | tree rules | |||
| 4 | hold in a quote | infinitive | the praise and the prowess not said here | ladies = lady | light obj | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme light=Eventuality | |||
| 5 | is a in a quote | present | there's ladies | there = they nmod:poss; enough property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | have in a quote | would | there's ladies | the knight | ladies's hold | now | liever property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knight=Patient | |
| 7 | have in a quote | present | faith | here | ye nsubj | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||
| 8 | dally in a quote | to-infinitive | faith not said here | with your courteous words | vn trifle-105.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with word=Theme | ||||
| 9 | bring in a quote | to-infinitive | faith not said here | praise | comfort obj | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent they=Destination comfort=Theme | |||
| 10 | ease in a quote | to-infinitive | faith not said here | words's cares | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent care=Patient | ||||
| 11 | is a in a quote | present | that | words = word | tree rules | ||||
| 12 | hold in a quote | ladies = lady | nom hold «act transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 13 | word in a quote | your | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 14 | care in a quote | words = word | nom care «act 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.
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