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Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 10, sentence 51

Nevertheless, it happened that once when a body of these giants broke into these mountains, the bravest of the inhabitants united in defence against them; clad in steel, with shield and spear, they marched to meet the advancing foe.

Who acts: it, body, size · What happens: happen, break, clad, march, meet, advance · To what, where: mountains, steel, advancing foe

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 (it, body, size), 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

advmodpunctnsubjmarkadvmodadvmoddetnsubjcasedetnmodadvclcasedetoblpunctdetadvclcasedetoblamodcaseoblcasenmodpunctadvclcaseoblpunctcaseparataxisccconjpunctnsubjconjmarkxcompdetamodobjpunctrootNeverthelessADV,PUNCTitPRONhappenedVERBthatSCONJonceADVwhenADVaDETbodyNOUNofADPtheseDETgiantsNOUNbrokeVERBintoADPtheseDETmountainsNOUN,PUNCTtheDETbravestADJofADPtheDETinhabitantsNOUNunitedADJinADPdefenceNOUNagainstADPthemPRON;PUNCTcladVERBinADPsteelNOUN,PUNCTwithADPshieldNOUNandCCONJspearNOUN,PUNCTtheyPRONmarchedVERBtoPARTmeetVERBtheDETadvancingVERBfoeNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NeverthelessneverthelessADV_4 happenedadvmod
2,,PUNCT_1 Neverthelesspunct
3ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 happenednsubj
4happenedhappenVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5thatthatSCONJ_29 cladmark
6onceonceADVNumForm=Word NumType=Mult13 brokeadvmod
7whenwhenADVPronType=Int13 brokeadvmod
8aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 bodydet
9bodybodyNOUNNumber=Sing13 brokensubj
10ofofADP_12 giantscase
11thesethisDETNumber=Plur PronType=Dem12 giantsdet
12giantsgiantNOUNNumber=Plur9 bodynmod
13brokebreakVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin29 cladadvcl
14intointoADP_16 mountainscase
15thesethisDETNumber=Plur PronType=Dem16 mountainsdet
16mountainsmountainNOUNNumber=Plur13 brokeobl
17,,PUNCT_19 bravestpunct
18thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 bravestdet
19bravestbraveADJDegree=Sup13 brokeadvcl
20ofofADP_22 inhabitantscase
21thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art22 inhabitantsdet
22inhabitantsinhabitantNOUNNumber=Plur19 bravestobl
23unitedunitedADJDegree=Pos22 inhabitantsamod
24ininADP_25 defencecase
25defencedefenceNOUNNumber=Sing23 unitedobl
26againstagainstADP_27 themcase
27themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs25 defencenmod
28;;PUNCT_29 cladpunct
29cladcladVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass4 happenedadvcl
30ininADP_31 steelcase
31steelsteelNOUNNumber=Sing29 cladobl
32,,PUNCT_34 shieldpunct
33withwithADP_34 shieldcase
34shieldshieldNOUNNumber=Sing29 cladparataxis
35andandCCONJ_36 spearcc
36spearspearNOUNNumber=Sing34 shieldconj
37,,PUNCT_39 marchedpunct
38theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs39 marchednsubj
39marchedmarchVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 happenedconj
40totoPART_41 meetmark
41meetmeetVERBVerbForm=Inf39 marchedxcomp
42thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art44 foedet
43advancingadvanceVERBVerbForm=Ger44 foeamod
44foefoeNOUNNumber=Sing41 meetobj
45..PUNCT_4 happenedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1happenpastitnevertheless propertyvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2breakpasta body of this giantsinto this mountains result; once propertyvn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into mountain=Result
3cladparticiplesteelshield and spear parataxistree rules
4marchpastsizetree rules
5meetto-infinitivesize not said herethe advancing foevn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foe=Co-Agent
6advancegerundvn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=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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