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Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 9, sentence 56

The monk leads him to a green spot surrounded with walls, forms with the staff which he carries a circle around him and his companion, takes from his pocket a gold-coloured velvet book, and begins to murmur and read, no word of which the miner understands.

Who acts: monk, staff, miner · What happens: lead, surround, carry, take, begin, murmur · To what, where: cave, green spot, circle, pocket

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 (monk, staff, miner), 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

detnsubjobjcasedetamodoblaclcaseoblpunctconjcasedetnmodnsubjnsubjacl:relcldetobjcaseoblccnmod:possconjpunctconjcasenmod:possobldetcompoundpunctamodcompoundnmod:unmarkedpunctccparataxismarkxcompccconjpunctdetconjcaseobldetnsubjacl:relclpunctrootTheDETmonkNOUNleadsVERBhimPRONtoADPaDETgreenADJspotNOUNsurroundedVERBwithADPwallsNOUN,PUNCTformsNOUNwithADPtheDETstaffNOUNwhichPRONhePRONcarriesVERBaDETcircleNOUNaroundADPhimPRONandCCONJhisPRONcompanionNOUN,PUNCTtakesVERBfromADPhisPRONpocketNOUNaDETgoldNOUN-PUNCTcolouredADJvelvetNOUNbookNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJbeginsVERBtoPARTmurmurVERBandCCONJreadVERB,PUNCTnoDETwordNOUNofADPwhichPRONtheDETminerNOUNunderstandsVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 monkdet
2monkmonkNOUNNumber=Sing3 leadsnsubj
3leadsleadVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 leadsobj
5totoADP_8 spotcase
6aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art8 spotdet
7greengreenADJDegree=Pos8 spotamod
8spotspotNOUNNumber=Sing3 leadsobl
9surroundedsurroundVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass8 spotacl
10withwithADP_11 wallscase
11wallswallNOUNNumber=Plur9 surroundedobl
12,,PUNCT_13 formspunct
13formsformNOUNNumber=Plur8 spotconj
14withwithADP_16 staffcase
15thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art16 staffdet
16staffstaffNOUNNumber=Sing13 formsnmod
17whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel19 carriesnsubj
18hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs19 carriesnsubj
19carriescarryVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin16 staffacl:relcl
20aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art21 circledet
21circlecircleNOUNNumber=Sing19 carriesobj
22aroundaroundADP_23 himcase
23himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs19 carriesobl
24andandCCONJ_26 companioncc
25hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs26 companionnmod:poss
26companioncompanionNOUNNumber=Sing23 himconj
27,,PUNCT_28 takespunct
28takestakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 leadsconj
29fromfromADP_31 pocketcase
30hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs31 pocketnmod:poss
31pocketpocketNOUNNumber=Sing28 takesobl
32aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art37 bookdet
33goldgoldNOUNNumber=Sing35 colouredcompound
34--PUNCT_33 goldpunct
35colouredcolouredADJDegree=Pos37 bookamod
36velvetvelvetNOUNNumber=Sing37 bookcompound
37bookbookNOUNNumber=Sing31 pocketnmod:unmarked
38,,PUNCT_40 beginspunct
39andandCCONJ_40 beginscc
40beginsbeginVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 leadsparataxis
41totoPART_42 murmurmark
42murmurmurmurVERBVerbForm=Inf40 beginsxcomp
43andandCCONJ_44 readcc
44readreadVERBVerbForm=Inf42 murmurconj
45,,PUNCT_47 wordpunct
46nonoDETPronType=Neg47 worddet
47wordwordNOUNNumber=Sing40 beginsconj
48ofofADP_49 whichcase
49whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel52 understandsobl
50thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art51 minerdet
51minerminerNOUNNumber=Sing52 understandsnsubj
52understandsunderstandVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin47 wordacl:relcl
53..PUNCT_3 leadspunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1leadpresentthe monkcavea green spot and forms with the staffvn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to spot=Destination
2surroundparticiplea green spot and forms with the staff not said herewith wallsvn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with wall=Theme
3carrypresentthe staffa circlearound cavevn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent circle=Theme
4takepresentthe monk not said herecave's pocket a coloured velvet bookvn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from pocket=Initial_Location
5beginpresentno word conjvn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
6murmur speech: otherto-infinitivevn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7readinfinitivevn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8understandpresentthe minerof no wordvn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of which=Stimulus

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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