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Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 7, sentence 52

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 · What happens: cast around, light, be, wax, slay, die · To what, where: eyes, such evil case, great Devil, Devil, life

This is a sentence of «Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch» by Jessie L. 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

ccadvmodmarknsubjnmod:possobjadvmodccnsubjconjcaseoblflatpunctnsubjcopcaseamodamodappospunctnmod:possnsubjadvcladvmodamodmarkcopdetobjnmodcaseoblnsubjauxparataxisobjadvmodcasedetoblpunctauxnsubjconjpunctnsubjauxadvmodadvclnmod:possobjpunctrootAndCCONJeverADVasSCONJhePRONcastVERBhisPRONeyesNOUNaroundADVandCCONJtheyPRONlightedVERBuponADPSirPROPNGawainPROPN,PUNCTwhoPRONwasAUXinADPsuchADJevilADJcaseNOUN,PUNCThisPRONcourageNOUNwaxedVERBsoADVgreatADJthatSCONJwereAUXtheDETDevilPROPNhimselfPRONagainstADPhimPRONhePRONhadAUXslainVERBhimPRONevenADVasADPaDETmanNOUN;PUNCTmightAUXhePRONdieVERB,PUNCThePRONhadAUXthereADVlostVERBhisPRONlifeNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AndandCCONJ_5 castcc
2evereverADVPronType=Ind5 castadvmod
3asasSCONJ_5 castmark
4hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 castnsubj
5castcastVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
6hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs7 eyesnmod:poss
7eyeseyeNOUNNumber=Plur5 castobj
8aroundaroundADV_5 castadvmod
9andandCCONJ_11 lightedcc
10theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs11 lightednsubj
11lightedlightVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 castconj
12uponuponADP_13 Sircase
13SirSirPROPNNumber=Sing11 lightedobl
14GawainGawainPROPNNumber=Sing13 Sirflat
15,,PUNCT_21 casepunct
16whowhoPRONPronType=Rel21 casensubj
17wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin21 casecop
18ininADP_21 casecase
19suchsuchADJDegree=Pos21 caseamod
20evilevilADJDegree=Pos21 caseamod
21casecaseNOUNNumber=Sing13 Sirappos
22,,PUNCT_25 waxedpunct
23hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs24 couragenmod:poss
24couragecourageNOUNNumber=Sing25 waxednsubj
25waxedwaxVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin21 caseadvcl
26sosoADV_27 greatadvmod
27greatgreatADJDegree=Pos31 Devilamod
28thatthatSCONJ_31 Devilmark
29werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin31 Devilcop
30thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art31 Devildet
31DevilDevilPROPNNumber=Sing25 waxedobj
32himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes31 Devilnmod
33againstagainstADP_34 himcase
34himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs25 waxedobl
35hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs37 slainnsubj
36hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin37 slainaux
37slainslayVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part25 waxedparataxis
38himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs37 slainobj
39evenevenADV_42 manadvmod
40asasADP_42 mancase
41aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art42 mandet
42manmanNOUNNumber=Sing37 slainobl
43;;PUNCT_46 diepunct
44mightmightAUXVerbForm=Fin46 dieaux
45hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs46 diensubj
46diedieVERBVerbForm=Inf5 castconj
47,,PUNCT_51 lostpunct
48hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs51 lostnsubj
49hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin51 lostaux
50therethereADVPronType=Dem51 lostadvmod
51lostloseVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part46 dieadvcl
52hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs53 lifenmod:poss
53lifelifeNOUNNumber=Sing51 lostobj
54..PUNCT_5 castpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1cast aroundpastbesetbeset's eyeseveraround propertyvn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Product
2lightpasteyes = eyeupon Sirvn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3ispastSirsuch evil casetree rules
4waxpastbeset's courageagainst besetvn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against he=Location
5is apastthe great Devilbeset nmodtree rules
6slaypast · perfectbesetDevilas a manvn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
7diemightbesetvn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
8losepast · perfectbesetbeset's lifetherevn 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.

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