Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 9, sentence 44
He wears the imperial mantle, and the knightly forms of his old courtiers, like spectres, come forth from their rocky chambers and place upon his aged uncovered head the oldest crown of Germany glittering with diamonds.
Who acts: tradition, knightly forms, oldest crown · What happens: wear, come, glitter, form, crown · To what, where: imperial mantle, rocky chambers, old courtiers, Germany
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 (tradition, knightly forms, oldest crown), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 wears | nsubj |
| 2 | wears | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 mantle | det |
| 4 | imperial | imperial | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 mantle | amod |
| 5 | mantle | mantle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wears | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 come | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 come | cc |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 forms | det |
| 9 | knightly | knightly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 forms | amod |
| 10 | forms | form | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 come | nsubj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 courtiers | case |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 courtiers | nmod:poss |
| 13 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 courtiers | amod |
| 14 | courtiers | courtier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 forms | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 spectres | punct |
| 16 | like | like | ADP | _ | 17 spectres | case |
| 17 | spectres | spectre | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 courtiers | conj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 forms | punct |
| 19 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 wears | parataxis |
| 20 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 19 come | advmod |
| 21 | from | from | ADP | _ | 24 chambers | case |
| 22 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 chambers | nmod:poss |
| 23 | rocky | rocky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 chambers | amod |
| 24 | chambers | chamber | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 come | obl |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 place | cc |
| 26 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 chambers | conj |
| 27 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 31 head | case |
| 28 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 head | nmod:poss |
| 29 | aged | aged | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 head | amod |
| 30 | uncovered | uncovered | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 head | amod |
| 31 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 come | obl |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 crown | det |
| 33 | oldest | old | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 34 crown | amod |
| 34 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 head | appos |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 Germany | case |
| 36 | Germany | Germany | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 crown | nmod |
| 37 | glittering | glitter | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 34 crown | acl |
| 38 | with | with | ADP | _ | 39 diamonds | case |
| 39 | diamonds | diamond | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 glittering | obl |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 wears | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | present | tradition | the imperial mantle | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent mantle=Source | ||||
| 2 | come | present | the knightly forms of tradition's old courtiers and spectres | forms's rocky chambers and place | upon tradition's aged uncovered head; forth property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from chamber=Initial_Location | |||
| 3 | glitter | gerund | the oldest crown of Germany not said here | with diamonds | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with diamond=Theme | ||||
| 4 | form | tradition's old courtiers and spectres | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 5 | crown | Germany | nom crown «communication 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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