Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-English Arthurian Romance Retold in Modern Prose, Opening, part 5, sentence 58

“By Mary,” quoth the lady, “I think otherwise; for were I worth all the women alive, and had I the wealth of the world in my hand, and might choose me a lord to my liking, then, for all that I have seen in ye, Sir Knight, of beauty and courtesy and blithe semblance, and for all that I have hearkened and hold for true, there should be no knight on earth to be chosen before ye!”

Who acts: Gawain, knight · What happens: quoth, think, be, have, choose, see · To what, where: lady, Gawain, hand, lord, Sir, ye · 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 (Gawain, knight), 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	_	6 quoth	punct
2	By	by	ADP	_	3 Mary	case
3	Mary	Mary	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 quoth	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 Mary	punct
5	”	"	PUNCT	_	3 Mary	punct
6	quoth	quoth	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lady	det
8	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 quoth	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 think	punct
10	“	"	PUNCT	_	12 think	punct
11	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 think	nsubj
12	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 quoth	conj
13	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	_	12 think	advmod
14	;	;	PUNCT	_	18 worth	punct
15	for	for	SCONJ	_	18 worth	mark
16	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 worth	cop
17	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	18 worth	nsubj
18	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 quoth	parataxis
19	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	21 women	det:predet
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 women	det
21	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 worth	parataxis
22	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 worth	xcomp
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 had	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 had	cc
25	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 worth	parataxis
26	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	25 had	obj
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 wealth	det
28	wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 had	obj
29	of	of	ADP	_	31 world	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 world	det
31	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 wealth	nmod
32	in	in	ADP	_	34 hand	case
33	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	34 hand	nmod:poss
34	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 had	obl
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 choose	punct
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 choose	cc
37	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	38 choose	aux
38	choose	choose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 quoth	conj
39	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	38 choose	obj
40	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	41 lord	det
41	lord	lord	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 choose	obj
42	to	to	ADP	_	44 liking	case
43	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	44 liking	nmod:poss
44	liking	liking	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 choose	obl
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 quoth	punct
46	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 quoth	advmod
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 seen	punct
48	for	for	ADP	_	50 that	case
49	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	50 that	det:predet
50	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	53 seen	obl
51	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	53 seen	nsubj
52	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	53 seen	aux
53	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 quoth	parataxis
54	in	in	ADP	_	55 ye	case
55	ye	ye	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	53 seen	obl
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 Sir	punct
57	Sir	Sir	PROPN	Number=Sing	53 seen	obl
58	Knight	Knight	PROPN	Number=Sing	57 Sir	flat
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 beauty	punct
60	of	of	ADP	_	61 beauty	case
61	beauty	beauty	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 seen	obl
62	and	and	CCONJ	_	63 courtesy	cc
63	courtesy	courtesy	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 beauty	conj
64	and	and	CCONJ	_	66 semblance	cc
65	blithe	blithe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	66 semblance	amod
66	semblance	semblance	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 beauty	conj
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	74 hearkened	punct
68	and	and	CCONJ	_	74 hearkened	cc
69	for	for	ADP	_	71 that	case
70	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	71 that	det:predet
71	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	74 hearkened	obl
72	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	74 hearkened	nsubj
73	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	74 hearkened	aux
74	hearkened	hearken	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 quoth	parataxis
75	and	and	CCONJ	_	76 hold	cc
76	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	74 hearkened	conj
77	for	for	ADP	_	78 true	case
78	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	76 hold	obl
79	,	,	PUNCT	_	82 be	punct
80	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	82 be	expl
81	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	82 be	aux
82	be	be	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	76 hold	conj
83	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	84 knight	det
84	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	82 be	nsubj
85	on	on	ADP	_	86 earth	case
86	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	84 knight	nmod
87	to	to	PART	_	89 chosen	mark
88	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	89 chosen	aux:pass
89	chosen	choose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	84 knight	acl
90	before	before	ADP	_	91 ye	case
91	ye	ye	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	89 chosen	obl
92	!	!	PUNCT	_	76 hold	punct
93	”	"	PUNCT	_	6 quoth	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	quoth	present		the lady			then	by Mary	tree rules
2	think speech: other in a quote	present	Gawain Sir = gawain					otherwise property	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is in a quote	past	Gawain Sir = gawain					all women parataxis; alive, worth property	tree rules
4	have in a quote	past		Gawain Sir = gawain		my hand		the wealth of the world obj	tree rules
5	choose in a quote	might		a lord	Gawain Sir = gawain			to my liking	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary lord=Theme
6	see in a quote	present · perfect	Gawain Sir = gawain	Sir		ye		for that; of beauty and courtesy and blithe semblance	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
7	hearken in a quote	present · perfect	Gawain Sir = gawain					for that	tree rules
8	hold in a quote	infinitive	Gawain Sir = gawain not said here					for true	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	be in a quote	should	no knight on earth			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10	choose in a quote	to-infinitive · passive	no knight on earth not said here				before ye		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»

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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🌲 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-English Arthurian Romance Retold in Modern Prose, Opening, part 5, sentence 58

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-English Arthurian Romance Retold in Modern Prose, Opening, part 5, sentence 58