Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 10, sentence 91
The Earl Otto von Orlamünde died in 1340--several dates are given--and left a young and beautiful widow, Agnes by name, a duchess by birth, and the mother of two little children, a son of three, and a daughter of two years.
Who acts: von Orlamünde · What happens: die, give, leave · To what, where: mother, several dates, young widow
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 (von Orlamünde), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Orlamünde | det |
| 2 | Earl | Earl | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Otto | compound |
| 3 | Otto | Otto | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 von | compound |
| 4 | von | von | PROPN | _ | 5 Orlamünde | compound |
| 5 | Orlamünde | Orlamünde | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 died | nsubj |
| 6 | died | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 1340 | case |
| 8 | 1340 | 1340 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 died | obl |
| 9 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 13 given | punct |
| 10 | several | several | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 dates | amod |
| 11 | dates | date | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 given | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 given | aux:pass |
| 13 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 died | conj |
| 14 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 16 left | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 left | cc |
| 16 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 died | conj |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 widow | det |
| 18 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 widow | amod |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 beautiful | cc |
| 20 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 young | conj |
| 21 | widow | widow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 left | obj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 Agnes | punct |
| 23 | Agnes | Agnes | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 widow | appos |
| 24 | by | by | ADP | _ | 25 name | case |
| 25 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 left | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 duchess | punct |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 duchess | det |
| 28 | duchess | duchess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 name | conj |
| 29 | by | by | ADP | _ | 30 birth | case |
| 30 | birth | birth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 left | obl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 mother | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 mother | cc |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 mother | det |
| 34 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 died | obl |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 children | case |
| 36 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 38 children | nummod |
| 37 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 children | amod |
| 38 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 mother | nmod |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 son | punct |
| 40 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 41 son | det |
| 41 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 mother | conj |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 three | case |
| 43 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 41 son | nmod |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 daughter | punct |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 daughter | cc |
| 46 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 47 daughter | det |
| 47 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 mother | conj |
| 48 | of | of | ADP | _ | 50 years | case |
| 49 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 50 years | nummod |
| 50 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 47 daughter | nmod |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 died | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | die | past | the von Orlamünde | the mother of two little children and a son of three and a daughter of two years | in 1340 | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in 1340=Attribute | |||
| 2 | give | present · passive | several dates | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 3 | leave | past | the von Orlamünde not said here | a young widow | by name and a duchess; by birth | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent widow=Theme by name=Location |
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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