Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 11, sentence 105
During the absence of the Prince and Princess Ilse on a journey, a stranger, handsome and gay, without money, sack, or scrip, but rich in self-confidence and flattering words, sought hospitality of the widow and her daughter, and was warmly received and entertained.
What happens: flatter, seek, receive, absent · To what, where: hospitality, Prince, journey
This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: 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 | During | during | ADP | _ | 3 absence | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 absence | det |
| 3 | absence | absence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 sought | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 Prince | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Prince | det |
| 6 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 absence | nmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 Princess | cc |
| 8 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Prince | conj |
| 9 | Ilse | Ilse | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Princess | flat |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 journey | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 journey | det |
| 12 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 absence | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 stranger | punct |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 stranger | det |
| 15 | stranger | stranger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 journey | conj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 handsome | punct |
| 17 | handsome | handsome | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 stranger | amod |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 gay | cc |
| 19 | gay | gay | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 handsome | conj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 money | punct |
| 21 | without | without | ADP | _ | 22 money | case |
| 22 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 handsome | conj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 sack | punct |
| 24 | sack | sack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 money | conj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 scrip | punct |
| 26 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 27 scrip | cc |
| 27 | scrip | scrip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 money | conj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 rich | punct |
| 29 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 30 rich | cc |
| 30 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 journey | amod |
| 31 | in | in | ADP | _ | 34 confidence | case |
| 32 | self | self | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 confidence | compound |
| 33 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 32 self | punct |
| 34 | confidence | confidence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 rich | obl |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 words | cc |
| 36 | flattering | flatter | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 37 words | amod |
| 37 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 confidence | conj |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 absence | punct |
| 39 | sought | seek | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 40 | hospitality | hospitality | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 sought | obj |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 widow | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 widow | det |
| 43 | widow | widow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 hospitality | nmod |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 daughter | cc |
| 45 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 46 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 widow | conj |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 received | punct |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 received | cc |
| 49 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 51 received | aux:pass |
| 50 | warmly | warmly | ADV | _ | 51 received | advmod |
| 51 | received | receive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 39 sought | parataxis |
| 52 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 53 entertained | cc |
| 53 | entertained | entertained | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 received | conj |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 39 sought | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flatter | gerund | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 2 | seek | past | hospitality of the widow and Princess's daughter | during the absence of the Prince and Princess on a journey and a stranger | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hospitality=Theme | ||||
| 3 | receive | past · passive | warmly property | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP» | |||||
| 4 | absent | the Prince and Princess | a journey and a stranger | nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient on=place |
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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