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Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 10, sentence 24

The fear of the miller rose to despair, and as he saw the roof and the huge sweeps set up and finished, and the last millstone rolled to its place, he seized it with the power of a deadly terror, threw it from the rollers with such force, that it rolled down the mountain.

Who acts: fear, last millstone, millstone · What happens: rise, despair, see, set up, finish, roll · To what, where: roof, huge sweeps, last millstone, place, miller, rollers

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 (fear, last millstone, millstone), 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

detnsubjcasedetnmodmarkxcomppunctccmarknsubjconjdetobjccdetamodconjaclcompound:prtccconjpunctccdetamodnsubjaclcasenmod:possoblpunctnsubjconjobjcasedetoblcasedetamodnmodpunctparataxisobjcasedetoblcaseamodoblpunctmarknsubjconjcompound:prtdetobjpunctrootTheDETfearNOUNofADPtheDETmillerNOUNroseVERBtoPARTdespairVERB,PUNCTandCCONJasSCONJhePRONsawVERBtheDETroofNOUNandCCONJtheDEThugeADJsweepsNOUNsetVERBupADPandCCONJfinishedVERB,PUNCTandCCONJtheDETlastADJmillstoneNOUNrolledVERBtoADPitsPRONplaceNOUN,PUNCThePRONseizedVERBitPRONwithADPtheDETpowerNOUNofADPaDETdeadlyADJterrorNOUN,PUNCTthrewVERBitPRONfromADPtheDETrollersNOUNwithADPsuchADJforceNOUN,PUNCTthatSCONJitPRONrolledVERBdownADPtheDETmountainNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 feardet
2fearfearNOUNNumber=Sing6 rosensubj
3ofofADP_5 millercase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 millerdet
5millermillerNOUNNumber=Sing2 fearnmod
6roseriseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
7totoPART_8 despairmark
8despairdespairVERBVerbForm=Inf6 rosexcomp
9,,PUNCT_13 sawpunct
10andandCCONJ_13 sawcc
11asasSCONJ_13 sawmark
12hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs13 sawnsubj
13sawseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 roseconj
14thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art15 roofdet
15roofroofNOUNNumber=Sing13 sawobj
16andandCCONJ_19 sweepscc
17thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 sweepsdet
18hugehugeADJDegree=Pos19 sweepsamod
19sweepssweepNOUNNumber=Plur15 roofconj
20setsetVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass19 sweepsacl
21upupADP_20 setcompound:prt
22andandCCONJ_23 finishedcc
23finishedfinishVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin20 setconj
24,,PUNCT_35 seizedpunct
25andandCCONJ_35 seizedcc
26thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art28 millstonedet
27lastlastADJDegree=Pos28 millstoneamod
28millstonemillstoneNOUNNumber=Sing35 seizednsubj
29rolledrollVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass28 millstoneacl
30totoADP_32 placecase
31itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs32 placenmod:poss
32placeplaceNOUNNumber=Sing29 rolledobl
33,,PUNCT_28 millstonepunct
34hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs35 seizednsubj
35seizedseizeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin13 sawconj
36ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs35 seizedobj
37withwithADP_39 powercase
38thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art39 powerdet
39powerpowerNOUNNumber=Sing35 seizedobl
40ofofADP_43 terrorcase
41aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art43 terrordet
42deadlydeadlyADJDegree=Pos43 terroramod
43terrorterrorNOUNNumber=Sing39 powernmod
44,,PUNCT_45 threwpunct
45threwthrowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin35 seizedparataxis
46ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs45 threwobj
47fromfromADP_49 rollerscase
48thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art49 rollersdet
49rollersrollerNOUNNumber=Plur45 threwobl
50withwithADP_52 forcecase
51suchsuchADJDegree=Pos52 forceamod
52forceforceNOUNNumber=Sing45 threwobl
53,,PUNCT_56 rolledpunct
54thatthatSCONJ_56 rolledmark
55ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs56 rollednsubj
56rolledrollVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin45 threwconj
57downdownADP_56 rolledcompound:prt
58thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art59 mountaindet
59mountainmountainNOUNNumber=Sing56 rolledobj
60..PUNCT_6 rosepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1risepastthe fear of the millertree rules
2despairto-infinitivethe fear of the miller not said herevn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3seepastfearthe roof and the huge sweepsvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer roof=Stimulus
4set upparticiplethe huge sweeps not said herevn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
5finishpastvn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
6rollparticiplethe last millstone not said heremillstone's placevn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to place=Destination
7seizepastthe last millstonemillerwith the power of a deadly terror; fear nsubjvn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
8throwpastmillerthe rollerswith such forcevn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent it=Theme from roller=Initial_Location
9roll downpastmillstonethe mountainvn run-51.3.2-2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location mountain=Theme
10fearthe millernom fear «feeling 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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