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Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 10, sentence 57

His followers remained on the summit of the hill, and followed with flashing eyes their hero king, that they might be ready to hasten to his aid if in danger.

Who acts: followers · What happens: remain, follow, flash, be, hasten · To what, where: summit, aid

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 (followers), 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

nmod:possnsubjcasedetoblcasedetnmodpunctccparataxiscaseamodoblnmod:posscompoundnmodpunctmarknsubjauxcopadvclmarkxcompcasenmod:possoblmarkcaseadvclpunctrootHisPRONfollowersNOUNremainedVERBonADPtheDETsummitNOUNofADPtheDEThillNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJfollowedVERBwithADPflashingVERBeyesNOUNtheirPRONheroNOUNkingNOUN,PUNCTthatSCONJtheyPRONmightAUXbeAUXreadyADJtoPARThastenVERBtoADPhisPRONaidNOUNifSCONJinADPdangerNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 followersnmod:poss
2followersfollowerNOUNNumber=Plur3 remainednsubj
3remainedremainVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4ononADP_6 summitcase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 summitdet
6summitsummitNOUNNumber=Sing3 remainedobl
7ofofADP_9 hillcase
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 hilldet
9hillhillNOUNNumber=Sing6 summitnmod
10,,PUNCT_12 followedpunct
11andandCCONJ_12 followedcc
12followedfollowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass3 remainedparataxis
13withwithADP_15 eyescase
14flashingflashVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part15 eyesamod
15eyeseyeNOUNNumber=Plur12 followedobl
16theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs18 kingnmod:poss
17heroheroNOUNNumber=Sing18 kingcompound
18kingkingNOUNNumber=Sing15 eyesnmod
19,,PUNCT_24 readypunct
20thatthatSCONJ_24 readymark
21theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs24 readynsubj
22mightmightAUXVerbForm=Fin24 readyaux
23bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf24 readycop
24readyreadyADJDegree=Pos12 followedadvcl
25totoPART_26 hastenmark
26hastenhastenVERBVerbForm=Inf24 readyxcomp
27totoADP_29 aidcase
28hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs29 aidnmod:poss
29aidaidNOUNNumber=Sing26 hastenobl
30ififSCONJ_32 dangermark
31ininADP_32 dangercase
32dangerdangerNOUNNumber=Sing26 hastenadvcl
33..PUNCT_3 remainedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1remainpastwind's followersthe summit of the hillvn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on summit=Location
2followparticiplewith flashing eyes followers's hero kingvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3flashgerundvn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4ismightfollowers = followerready propertytree rules
5hastento-infinitivefollowers = follower not said herewind's aiddanger advclvn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to aid=Destination

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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