Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 9, sentence 36
The youths of Agnesdorf have the right, by an ancient statute, of digging up a young oak on the Questenberg;[3] the tree must be _carried_, and after it is planted is decorated with wreaths of flowers.
Who acts: youths · What happens: have, dig up, carry, plant, decorate · To what, where: young oak, Questenberg, tree
This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 9. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (youths), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 youths | det |
| 2 | youths | youth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 have | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 Agnesdorf | case |
| 4 | Agnesdorf | Agnesdorf | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 youths | nmod |
| 5 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 right | det |
| 7 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 statute | nmod:unmarked |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 statute | punct |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 12 statute | case |
| 10 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 statute | det |
| 11 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 statute | amod |
| 12 | statute | statute | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 have | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 digging | punct |
| 14 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 15 digging | mark |
| 15 | digging | dig | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 have | advcl |
| 16 | up | up | ADP | _ | 15 digging | compound:prt |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 oak | det |
| 18 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 oak | amod |
| 19 | oak | oak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 digging | obj |
| 20 | on | on | ADP | _ | 22 Questenberg | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 Questenberg | det |
| 22 | Questenberg | Questenberg | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 oak | nmod |
| 23 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 32 carried | punct |
| 24 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 25 3 | punct |
| 25 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 32 carried | obl |
| 26 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 25 3 | punct |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 tree | det |
| 28 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 carried | nsubj:pass |
| 29 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 32 carried | aux |
| 30 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 32 carried | aux:pass |
| 31 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 32 carried | punct |
| 32 | carried | carry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 have | parataxis |
| 33 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 32 carried | punct |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 decorated | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 decorated | cc |
| 36 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 39 planted | mark |
| 37 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 planted | nsubj:pass |
| 38 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 planted | aux:pass |
| 39 | planted | plant | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 41 decorated | advcl |
| 40 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 41 decorated | aux:pass |
| 41 | decorated | decorate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 have | parataxis |
| 42 | with | with | ADP | _ | 43 wreaths | case |
| 43 | wreaths | wreath | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 decorated | obl |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 flowers | case |
| 45 | flowers | flower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 wreaths | nmod |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 have | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | the youths of Agnesdorf | by a ancient statute the right | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | dig up | gerund | the youths of Agnesdorf not said here | a young oak | the Questenberg | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent oak=Theme on questenberg=Location | |||
| 3 | carry | must · passive | the tree | 3 obl | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 4 | plant | present · passive | tree | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 5 | decorate | present · passive | with wreaths of flowers | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: with wreath=Theme |
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: «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Project Gutenberg book 74323 (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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