--- title: And ever as he cast his eyes around and they lighted upon Sir Gawain… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: And ever as he cast his eyes around and they lighted upon Sir Gawain, who was in such evil case, his courage waxed so great that were the Devil himself against him he had slain him even as a man; might he die, he had there lost his life. Who acts: beset, eyes, Sir, courage. 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Weston, Opening, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (beset, eyes, Sir, courage), 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:pg8447:7:52 # text = And ever as he cast his eyes around and they lighted upon Sir Gawain, who was in such evil case, his courage waxed so great that were the Devil himself against him he had slain him even as a man; might he die, he had there lost his life. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 5 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 cast cast VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 around around ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 lighted light VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 12 upon upon ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 14 Gawain Gawain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 16 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 20 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 courage courage NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 waxed wax VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 Devil Devil PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 32 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 31 nmod _ _ 33 against against ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 slain slay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 parataxis _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 even even ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 40 as as ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 49 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 50 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 51 advmod _ _ 51 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 46 advcl _ _ 52 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cast around** | past | beset | beset's eyes | | | ever | around *property* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Product | | 2 | **light** | past | eyes *= eye* | | | | | upon Sir | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | Sir | | | such evil case | | | tree rules | | 4 | **wax** | past | beset's courage | | | | | against beset | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against he=Location | | 5 | **is a** | past | | the great Devil | | | | beset *nmod* | tree rules | | 6 | **slay** | past · perfect | beset | Devil | | | | as a man | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 7 | **die** | might | beset | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 8 | **lose** | past · perfect | beset | beset's life | | there | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Eventuality | 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:** «Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch» by Jessie L. Weston, Project Gutenberg book 8447 (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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/7/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/7/53/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/7/)