Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 10, sentence 118
Surprised by the mysterious vision, and cheered by the unexpected aid, the teamster endeavoured to thank his helper and deliverer, and expressed his regret that he had neither cup nor goblet in which to offer her a draught of wine.
Who acts: teamster · What happens: surprise, cheer, endeavour, thank, express, have · To what, where: unexpected aid, helper, regret, cup, draught, virgin
This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 10. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (teamster), 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 | Surprised | surprise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 2 | by | by | ADP | _ | 5 vision | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 vision | det |
| 4 | mysterious | mysterious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 vision | amod |
| 5 | vision | vision | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Surprised | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 cheered | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 cheered | cc |
| 8 | cheered | cheer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Surprised | conj |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 12 aid | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 aid | det |
| 11 | unexpected | unexpected | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 aid | amod |
| 12 | aid | aid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 cheered | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 endeavoured | punct |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 teamster | det |
| 15 | teamster | teamster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 endeavoured | nsubj |
| 16 | endeavoured | endeavour | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 aid | acl:relcl |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 thank | mark |
| 18 | thank | thank | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 endeavoured | xcomp |
| 19 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 helper | nmod:poss |
| 20 | helper | helper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 thank | obj |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 deliverer | cc |
| 22 | deliverer | deliverer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 helper | conj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 expressed | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 expressed | cc |
| 25 | expressed | express | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 endeavoured | conj |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 regret | nmod:poss |
| 27 | regret | regret | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 expressed | obj |
| 28 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 30 had | mark |
| 29 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 had | nsubj |
| 30 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 expressed | advcl |
| 31 | neither | neither | DET | PronType=Neg | 32 cup | det |
| 32 | cup | cup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 had | obj |
| 33 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 34 goblet | cc |
| 34 | goblet | goblet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 cup | conj |
| 35 | in | in | ADP | _ | 36 which | case |
| 36 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 38 offer | obl |
| 37 | to | to | PART | _ | 38 offer | mark |
| 38 | offer | offer | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 goblet | acl:relcl |
| 39 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 offer | obj |
| 40 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 41 draught | det |
| 41 | draught | draught | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 offer | obj |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 wine | case |
| 43 | wine | wine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 draught | nmod |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Surprised | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | surprise | participle | by the mysterious vision | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | cheer | participle | by the unexpected aid | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | endeavour | past | the teamster | the unexpected aid not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | thank speech: thank | to-infinitive | the teamster not said here | teamster's helper and deliverer | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent helper=Theme | ||||
| 5 | express | past | the teamster not said here | teamster's regret | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent regret=Theme | ||||
| 6 | have | past | teamster | neither cup nor goblet | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cup=Patient | ||||
| 7 | offer | to-infinitive | teamster not said here | a draught of wine | virgin | goblet | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent she=Goal draught=Theme | ||
| 8 | regret | teamster | nom regret «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |
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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