Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 9, sentence 40
On this mountain that overlooks the Golden Plain, amid the beech and oak woods that clothe it, stand the ruins of a square tower built of red sandstone, broken walls, and arches of the ancient gateway, gables, and the remains of the chapel of the fortress, where the first Electors and Emperors of Germany held their court.
Who acts: that, first Electors · What happens: overlook, clothe, stand, build, break, hold · To what, where: Golden Plain, mountain, Plain, ruins, square tower, court
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 (that, first Electors), 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 | On | on | ADP | _ | 3 mountain | case |
| 2 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 mountain | det |
| 3 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 overlooks | obl |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 overlooks | nsubj |
| 5 | overlooks | overlook | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Plain | det |
| 7 | Golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 Plain | amod |
| 8 | Plain | Plain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 overlooks | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 beech | punct |
| 10 | amid | amid | ADP | _ | 12 beech | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 beech | det |
| 12 | beech | beech | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 overlooks | parataxis |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 woods | cc |
| 14 | oak | oak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 woods | compound |
| 15 | woods | wood | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 beech | conj |
| 16 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 clothe | nsubj |
| 17 | clothe | clothe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 beech | parataxis |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 clothe | obj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 stand | punct |
| 20 | stand | stand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 clothe | conj |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 ruins | det |
| 22 | ruins | ruin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 stand | obj |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 tower | case |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 tower | det |
| 25 | square | square | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 tower | compound |
| 26 | tower | tower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 ruins | nmod |
| 27 | built | build | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 26 tower | acl |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 sandstone | case |
| 29 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 sandstone | amod |
| 30 | sandstone | sandstone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 built | obl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 walls | punct |
| 32 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 33 walls | amod |
| 33 | walls | wall | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 sandstone | conj |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 arches | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 arches | cc |
| 36 | arches | arch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 overlooks | parataxis |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 gateway | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 gateway | det |
| 39 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 gateway | amod |
| 40 | gateway | gateway | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 arches | nmod |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 gables | punct |
| 42 | gables | gable | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 gateway | conj |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 remains | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 remains | cc |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 remains | det |
| 46 | remains | remains | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 5 overlooks | obl |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 chapel | case |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 chapel | det |
| 49 | chapel | chapel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 remains | nmod |
| 50 | of | of | ADP | _ | 52 fortress | case |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 fortress | det |
| 52 | fortress | fortress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 chapel | nmod |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 held | punct |
| 54 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 62 held | advmod |
| 55 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 57 Electors | det |
| 56 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 57 Electors | amod |
| 57 | Electors | elector | NOUN | Number=Plur | 62 held | nsubj |
| 58 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 59 Emperors | cc |
| 59 | Emperors | emperor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 57 Electors | conj |
| 60 | of | of | ADP | _ | 61 Germany | case |
| 61 | Germany | Germany | PROPN | Number=Sing | 57 Electors | nmod |
| 62 | held | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 52 fortress | acl:relcl |
| 63 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 64 court | nmod:poss |
| 64 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 held | obj |
| 65 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 overlooks | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | overlook | present | that | the Golden Plain | this mountain | the remains of the chapel of the fortress obl; the beech and oak woods parataxis; arches of the ancient gateway and gables parataxis | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plain=Theme | ||
| 2 | clothe | present | that | Plain | vn dress-41.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ||||
| 3 | stand | infinitive | that not said here | the ruins of a square tower | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ruin=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | build | participle | a square tower not said here | of red sandstone and broken walls | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ||||
| 5 | break | participle | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 6 | hold | past | the first Electors of Germany and Emperors | Electors's court | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent court=Theme | ||||
| 7 | ruin | a square tower | nom ruin «state transitive»: of=patient |
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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