Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 9, sentence 52
One holy day, a miner rambling to the Kyffhäuser, to rest under the trees and indulge in devotional reflections, saw, as he reached the ruined tower, a monk with a long grey beard, who addressed him, saying, "Come!
Who acts: miner, One holy day, Jena, long grey beard · What happens: ramble, rest, indulge, see, reach, ruin · To what, where: Kyffhäuser, trees, devotional reflections, ruined tower, Jena · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (miner, One holy day, Jena, long grey beard), 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 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 day | nummod |
| 2 | holy | holy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 day | amod |
| 3 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 saw | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 miner | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 miner | det |
| 6 | miner | miner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 day | appos |
| 7 | rambling | ramble | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 miner | acl |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 Kyffhäuser | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Kyffhäuser | det |
| 10 | Kyffhäuser | Kyffhäuser | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 rambling | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 rest | punct |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 rest | mark |
| 13 | rest | rest | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 rambling | advcl |
| 14 | under | under | ADP | _ | 16 trees | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 trees | det |
| 16 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 rest | obl |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 indulge | cc |
| 18 | indulge | indulge | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 rest | conj |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 reflections | case |
| 20 | devotional | devotional | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 reflections | amod |
| 21 | reflections | reflection | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 indulge | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 day | punct |
| 23 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 reached | punct |
| 25 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 27 reached | mark |
| 26 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 reached | nsubj |
| 27 | reached | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 saw | conj |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 tower | det |
| 29 | ruined | ruin | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 30 tower | amod |
| 30 | tower | tower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 reached | obj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 monk | punct |
| 32 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 33 monk | det |
| 33 | monk | monk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 tower | appos |
| 34 | with | with | ADP | _ | 38 beard | case |
| 35 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 38 beard | det |
| 36 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 beard | amod |
| 37 | grey | grey | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 beard | amod |
| 38 | beard | beard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 monk | nmod |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 addressed | punct |
| 40 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 41 addressed | nsubj |
| 41 | addressed | address | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 beard | acl:relcl |
| 42 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 addressed | obj |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 saying | punct |
| 44 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 27 reached | advcl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 Come | punct |
| 46 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 47 Come | punct |
| 47 | Come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 44 saying | ccomp |
| 48 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 23 saw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ramble | gerund | a miner not said here | the Kyffhäuser | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to kyffhäuser=Destination | ||||
| 2 | rest | to-infinitive | a miner not said here | the trees | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under tree=Location | ||||
| 3 | indulge | infinitive | a miner not said here | devotional reflections | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | see | past | One holy day | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 5 | reach | past | Jena | the ruined tower | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent tower=Theme | ||||
| 6 | ruin | participle | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 7 | address | past | a long grey beard | Jena | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination | ||||
| 8 | say speech: express | gerund | Jena not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 9 | come in a quote | infinitive | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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