Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 11, sentence 30
Whoever is so happy as to meet her at the right moment, she calls with friendly voice, takes him by the hand and leads him before the Ilsenstein, which at her command opens, when she conducts him to her palace in the heart of the mighty rock.
Who acts: Whoever, Ilse · What happens: be, meet, call, take, lead, open · To what, where: Ilse, lover, Ilsenstein, command, palace · 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 (Whoever, Ilse), 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 | Whoever | whoever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 happy | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 happy | cop |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 4 happy | advmod |
| 4 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 7 meet | mark |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 meet | mark |
| 7 | meet | meet | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 happy | advcl |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 meet | obj |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 moment | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 moment | det |
| 11 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 moment | amod |
| 12 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 meet | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 calls | punct |
| 14 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 calls | nsubj |
| 15 | calls | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 happy | parataxis |
| 16 | with | with | ADP | _ | 18 voice | case |
| 17 | friendly | friendly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 voice | amod |
| 18 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 calls | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 takes | punct |
| 20 | takes | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 calls | conj |
| 21 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 takes | obj |
| 22 | by | by | ADP | _ | 24 hand | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 hand | det |
| 24 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 takes | obl |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 leads | cc |
| 26 | leads | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 calls | conj |
| 27 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 leads | obj |
| 28 | before | before | ADP | _ | 30 Ilsenstein | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 Ilsenstein | det |
| 30 | Ilsenstein | Ilsenstein | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 leads | obl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 opens | punct |
| 32 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 36 opens | obj |
| 33 | at | at | ADP | _ | 35 command | case |
| 34 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 command | nmod:poss |
| 35 | command | command | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 opens | obl |
| 36 | opens | open | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 30 Ilsenstein | parataxis |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 conducts | punct |
| 38 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 40 conducts | mark |
| 39 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 conducts | nsubj |
| 40 | conducts | conduct | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 36 opens | conj |
| 41 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 conducts | obj |
| 42 | to | to | ADP | _ | 44 palace | case |
| 43 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 palace | nmod:poss |
| 44 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 conducts | obl |
| 45 | in | in | ADP | _ | 47 heart | case |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 heart | det |
| 47 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 palace | nmod |
| 48 | of | of | ADP | _ | 51 rock | case |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 rock | det |
| 50 | mighty | mighty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 rock | amod |
| 51 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 heart | nmod |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 happy | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Whoever | happy property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | meet | to-infinitive | Whoever not said here | Ilse | moment | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent | |||
| 3 | call | present | Ilse | with friendly voice | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | take | present | Ilse not said here | lover | by the hand | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | |||
| 5 | lead | present | Ilse not said here | lover | before the Ilsenstein | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme before ilsenstein=Destination | |||
| 6 | open | present | the Ilsenstein | Ilse's command | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent which=Theme at command=Location | ||||
| 7 | conduct | present | Ilse | lover | Ilse's palace in the heart of the mighty rock | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to palace=Destination | |||
| 8 | command | Ilse | nom command «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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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