Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 12, sentence 100

Evening came on, the council chamber was lighted; the palate of each worthy member of the council rebelled against the fatigue of a longer sitting, and at last the Bürgermeister raised his voice and addressed his colleagues: "It is necessary, honourable gentlemen, that we come to a decision, and as it has been proved, through reliable witnesses, that the robber of the bride is our dangerous neighbour, the Earl von Arnstein, and the crime has been committed within the territory of our town, and as such a crime is punishable with death, we sentence the said Arno to death by the hangman, do we not?"

Who acts: Evening, last, we, robber, crime · What happens: come on, light, rebel, raise, address, be · To what, where: palate, council chamber, council, voice, colleagues, decision · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Evening, last, we, robber), 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	Evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADV	_	2 came	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 lighted	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 chamber	det
6	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 chamber	compound
7	chamber	chamber	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lighted	nsubj:pass
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 lighted	aux:pass
9	lighted	light	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 came	conj
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 palate	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 palate	det
12	palate	palate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 came	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 member	case
14	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	16 member	det
15	worthy	worthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 member	amod
16	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 palate	nmod
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 council	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 council	det
19	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 member	nmod
20	rebelled	rebel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 council	acl
21	against	against	ADP	_	23 fatigue	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 fatigue	det
23	fatigue	fatigue	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 rebelled	obl
24	of	of	ADP	_	27 sitting	case
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	27 sitting	det
26	longer	long	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	27 sitting	amod
27	sitting	sitting	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 fatigue	nmod
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 raised	punct
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 raised	cc
30	at	at	ADP	_	31 last	case
31	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 raised	nsubj
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 Bürgermeister	det
33	Bürgermeister	Bürgermeister	PROPN	Number=Sing	31 last	nsubj
34	raised	raise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 came	parataxis
35	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	36 voice	nmod:poss
36	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 raised	obj
37	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 addressed	cc
38	addressed	address	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 raised	conj
39	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	40 colleagues	nmod:poss
40	colleagues	colleague	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 addressed	obj
41	:	:	PUNCT	_	45 necessary	punct
42	"	"	PUNCT	_	45 necessary	punct
43	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 necessary	expl
44	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	45 necessary	cop
45	necessary	necessary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 raised	conj
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 gentlemen	punct
47	honourable	honourable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 gentlemen	amod
48	gentlemen	gentleman	NOUN	Number=Plur	45 necessary	obl
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 come	punct
50	that	that	SCONJ	_	52 come	mark
51	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	52 come	nsubj
52	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	45 necessary	conj
53	to	to	ADP	_	55 decision	case
54	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	55 decision	det
55	decision	decision	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 come	obl
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 proved	punct
57	and	and	CCONJ	_	62 proved	cc
58	as	as	SCONJ	_	62 proved	mark
59	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	62 proved	nsubj:pass
60	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	62 proved	aux
61	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	62 proved	aux:pass
62	proved	prove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 came	parataxis
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	66 witnesses	punct
64	through	through	ADP	_	66 witnesses	case
65	reliable	reliable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	66 witnesses	amod
66	witnesses	witness	NOUN	Number=Plur	62 proved	obl
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	77 neighbour	punct
68	that	that	SCONJ	_	77 neighbour	mark
69	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	70 robber	det
70	robber	robber	NOUN	Number=Sing	77 neighbour	nsubj
71	of	of	ADP	_	73 bride	case
72	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	73 bride	det
73	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 robber	nmod
74	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	77 neighbour	cop
75	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	77 neighbour	nmod:poss
76	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	77 neighbour	amod
77	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 proved	obl
78	,	,	PUNCT	_	82 Arnstein	punct
79	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	82 Arnstein	det
80	Earl	Earl	PROPN	Number=Sing	81 von	compound
81	von	von	PROPN	_	82 Arnstein	compound
82	Arnstein	Arnstein	PROPN	Number=Sing	77 neighbour	nmod
83	,	,	PUNCT	_	89 committed	punct
84	and	and	CCONJ	_	89 committed	cc
85	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	86 crime	det
86	crime	crime	NOUN	Number=Sing	89 committed	nsubj:pass
87	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	89 committed	aux
88	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	89 committed	aux:pass
89	committed	commit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	62 proved	conj
90	within	within	ADP	_	92 territory	case
91	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	92 territory	det
92	territory	territory	NOUN	Number=Sing	89 committed	obl
93	of	of	ADP	_	95 town	case
94	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	95 town	nmod:poss
95	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	92 territory	nmod
96	,	,	PUNCT	_	103 punishable	punct
97	and	and	CCONJ	_	103 punishable	cc
98	as	as	SCONJ	_	103 punishable	mark
99	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	101 crime	det:predet
100	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	101 crime	det
101	crime	crime	NOUN	Number=Sing	103 punishable	nsubj
102	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	103 punishable	cop
103	punishable	punishable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 came	conj
104	with	with	ADP	_	105 death	case
105	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	103 punishable	obl
106	,	,	PUNCT	_	108 sentence	punct
107	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	108 sentence	nsubj
108	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	103 punishable	appos
109	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	111 Arno	det
110	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	111 Arno	amod
111	Arno	Arno	PROPN	Number=Sing	108 sentence	appos
112	to	to	ADP	_	113 death	case
113	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	111 Arno	nmod
114	by	by	ADP	_	116 hangman	case
115	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	116 hangman	det
116	hangman	hangman	NOUN	Number=Sing	111 Arno	nmod
117	,	,	PUNCT	_	118 do	punct
118	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	111 Arno	conj
119	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	118 do	obj
120	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	118 do	advmod
121	?	?	PUNCT	_	118 do	punct
122	"	"	PUNCT	_	108 sentence	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	come on	past	Evening	the palate of each worthy member of the council			tree rules
2	light	past · passive		the council chamber			vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product
3	rebel	participle		the council not said here		against the fatigue of a longer sitting	vn rebel-71.2-1 «NP V PP.maleficiary»: agent=Agent against fatigue=Maleficiary
4	raise	past	last the Bürgermeister	Bürgermeister's voice			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Theme
5	address	past	last the Bürgermeister not said here	Bürgermeister's colleagues			vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colleague=Destination
6	is in a quote	present	last the Bürgermeister not said here			honourable gentlemen obl; necessary property	tree rules
7	come in a quote	present	we		a decision		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to decision=Initial_Location
8	prove in a quote	present · perfect · passive		chamber	reliable witnesses		vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
9	is a in a quote	present	the robber of the bride	our dangerous neighbour		the von Arnstein nmod; our nmod:poss	tree rules
10	commit in a quote	present · perfect · passive		the crime		within the territory of our town	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
11	is in a quote	present	such crime			with death; punishable property	tree rules
12	sentence in a quote		we			the said Arno to death by the hangman appos	tree rules
13	say speech: assert in a quote	participle					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
14	not do in a quote	present	we not said here	we			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Eventuality
15	fatigue			a longer sitting			nom fatigue «state transitive»: of=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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Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 12, sentence 100