Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 9, sentence 6
True of heart, the shepherd told him everything, showed him the concealed way to the cave, and in company they carried away much of the costly treasure; till at last avarice awaked the fear in the mind of the Earl that Tidian might at some future time reveal the secret to some one else.
Who acts: True, they, last avarice, Tidian · What happens: tell, show, conceal, carry away, awak, reveal · To what, where: everything, shepherd, concealed way, much, company, fear · 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 (True, they, last avarice, Tidian), 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 | True | true | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 told | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 3 heart | case |
| 3 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 True | nmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 shepherd | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 shepherd | det |
| 6 | shepherd | shepherd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 told | nsubj |
| 7 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 told | iobj |
| 9 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 7 told | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 showed | punct |
| 11 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 told | conj |
| 12 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 showed | iobj |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 way | det |
| 14 | concealed | conceal | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 way | amod |
| 15 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 showed | obj |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 cave | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 cave | det |
| 18 | cave | cave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 way | nmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 carried | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 carried | cc |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 22 company | case |
| 22 | company | company | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 carried | obl |
| 23 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 carried | nsubj |
| 24 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 told | conj |
| 25 | away | away | ADV | _ | 24 carried | advmod |
| 26 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 carried | obj |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 treasure | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 treasure | det |
| 29 | costly | costly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 treasure | amod |
| 30 | treasure | treasure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 much | nmod |
| 31 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 35 avarice | punct |
| 32 | till | till | ADP | _ | 35 avarice | case |
| 33 | at | at | ADP | _ | 35 avarice | case |
| 34 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 avarice | amod |
| 35 | avarice | avarice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 carried | obl |
| 36 | awaked | awak | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 35 avarice | acl |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 fear | det |
| 38 | fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 awaked | obj |
| 39 | in | in | ADP | _ | 41 mind | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 mind | det |
| 41 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 fear | nmod |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 Earl | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 Earl | det |
| 44 | Earl | Earl | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 mind | nmod |
| 45 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 52 reveal | mark |
| 46 | Tidian | Tidian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 52 reveal | nsubj |
| 47 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 52 reveal | aux |
| 48 | at | at | ADP | _ | 51 time | case |
| 49 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 51 time | det |
| 50 | future | future | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 time | amod |
| 51 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 reveal | obl |
| 52 | reveal | reveal | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 38 fear | acl |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 secret | det |
| 54 | secret | secret | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 reveal | obj |
| 55 | to | to | ADP | _ | 57 one | case |
| 56 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 57 one | det |
| 57 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 reveal | obl |
| 58 | else | else | ADV | _ | 57 one | advmod |
| 59 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 told | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | past | True of heart | everything | shepherd | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient everything=Topic | |||
| 2 | show | past | True of heart not said here | the concealed way | shepherd | to the cave | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient way=Topic | ||
| 3 | conceal | participle | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | carry away | past | they | much of the costly treasure | company | till last avarice | away property | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent much=Value in company=Location | |
| 5 | awak | participle | last avarice not said here | the fear | the mind of the Earl | tree rules | |||
| 6 | reveal | might | Tidian | the secret | some one | time | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent secret=Topic to one=Recipient | ||
| 7 | mind | the Earl | nom mind «cognition 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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