Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 11, sentence 29
This lordly cliff and the Westerberg were once connected, it is said, by a granite wall, which was rent asunder by flood and storm from the Brocken; and according to one legend, Princess Ilse issues from the rock at dawn, when the weather is mild, robed in white satin, her long golden hair floating around her like a veil, a diadem of mountain crystal adorning her regal brow, lays aside her costly array, bathes in the crystal stream, and combs her golden hair.
Who acts: granite wall, flood, weather, long golden hair, mountain crystal · What happens: connect, say, rend, accord, be, robe · To what, where: lordly cliff, Westerberg, granite wall, regal brow, golden hair · Speech: someone speaks here
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: who acts (granite wall, flood, weather, long golden hair), 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 | This | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 cliff | det |
| 2 | lordly | lordly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 cliff | amod |
| 3 | cliff | cliff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 connected | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 Westerberg | cc |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Westerberg | det |
| 6 | Westerberg | Westerberg | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 cliff | conj |
| 7 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 connected | aux:pass |
| 8 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 9 connected | advmod |
| 9 | connected | connect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 said | punct |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 said | nsubj |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 said | aux:pass |
| 13 | said | say | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 connected | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 wall | punct |
| 15 | by | by | ADP | _ | 18 wall | case |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 wall | det |
| 17 | granite | granite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 wall | compound |
| 18 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 said | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 rent | punct |
| 20 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 22 rent | nsubj:pass |
| 21 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 rent | aux:pass |
| 22 | rent | rend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 wall | acl:relcl |
| 23 | asunder | asunder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 rent | obj |
| 24 | by | by | ADP | _ | 25 flood | case |
| 25 | flood | flood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 rent | obl |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 storm | cc |
| 27 | storm | storm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 flood | conj |
| 28 | from | from | ADP | _ | 30 Brocken | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 Brocken | det |
| 30 | Brocken | Brocken | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 storm | nmod |
| 31 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 79 lays | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 79 lays | cc |
| 33 | according | accord | VERB | ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 36 legend | case |
| 34 | to | to | ADP | _ | 33 according | fixed |
| 35 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 36 legend | nummod |
| 36 | legend | legend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 79 lays | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 issues | punct |
| 38 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 Ilse | compound |
| 39 | Ilse | Ilse | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 issues | compound |
| 40 | issues | issue | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 legend | conj |
| 41 | from | from | ADP | _ | 43 rock | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 rock | det |
| 43 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 issues | nmod |
| 44 | at | at | ADP | _ | 45 dawn | case |
| 45 | dawn | dawn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 issues | nmod |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 mild | punct |
| 47 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 51 mild | advmod |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 weather | det |
| 49 | weather | weather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 mild | nsubj |
| 50 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 51 mild | cop |
| 51 | mild | mild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 legend | parataxis |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 robed | punct |
| 53 | robed | robe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 51 mild | conj |
| 54 | in | in | ADP | _ | 56 satin | case |
| 55 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 56 satin | amod |
| 56 | satin | satin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 robed | obl |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 61 hair | punct |
| 58 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 61 hair | nmod:poss |
| 59 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 61 hair | amod |
| 60 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 61 hair | amod |
| 61 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 satin | appos |
| 62 | floating | float | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 61 hair | acl |
| 63 | around | around | ADP | _ | 64 her | case |
| 64 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 62 floating | obl |
| 65 | like | like | ADP | _ | 67 veil | case |
| 66 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 67 veil | det |
| 67 | veil | veil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 floating | obl |
| 68 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 70 diadem | punct |
| 69 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 70 diadem | det |
| 70 | diadem | diadem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 veil | appos |
| 71 | of | of | ADP | _ | 73 crystal | case |
| 72 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 73 crystal | compound |
| 73 | crystal | crystal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 70 diadem | nmod |
| 74 | adorning | adorn | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 73 crystal | acl |
| 75 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 77 brow | nmod:poss |
| 76 | regal | regal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 77 brow | amod |
| 77 | brow | brow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 74 adorning | obj |
| 78 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 legend | punct |
| 79 | lays | lay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 connected | parataxis |
| 80 | aside | aside | ADP | _ | 83 array | case |
| 81 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 83 array | nmod:poss |
| 82 | costly | costly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 83 array | amod |
| 83 | array | array | NOUN | Number=Sing | 79 lays | obl |
| 84 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 85 bathes | punct |
| 85 | bathes | bathe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 83 array | conj |
| 86 | in | in | ADP | _ | 89 stream | case |
| 87 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 89 stream | det |
| 88 | crystal | crystal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 89 stream | amod |
| 89 | stream | stream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 85 bathes | nmod |
| 90 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 92 combs | punct |
| 91 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 92 combs | cc |
| 92 | combs | comb | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 79 lays | conj |
| 93 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 95 hair | nmod:poss |
| 94 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 95 hair | amod |
| 95 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 92 combs | obj |
| 96 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 connected | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | connect | past · passive | this lordly cliff and the Westerberg | once property | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present · passive | a granite wall | Westerberg | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent subject=Topic | ||||
| 3 | rend | past · passive | flood and storm from the Brocken | a granite wall | asunder obj | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent subject=Patient asunder=Result | |||
| 4 | accord | gerund | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 5 | is | present | the weather | mild property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | robe | participle | the weather not said here | in white satin | vn dress-41.1.1-1-2 «Passive»: agent=Pivot in satin=Theme | ||||
| 7 | float | gerund | Ilse's long golden hair not said here | around Ilse; like a veil | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around she=Trajectory | ||||
| 8 | adorn | gerund | mountain crystal not said here | Ilse's regal brow | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme brow=Destination | ||||
| 9 | lay | present | accord one legend and Ilse issues from the rock at dawn; aside Ilse's costly array and bathes in the crystal stream | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 10 | comb | present | Ilse's golden hair | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=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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