Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 12, sentence 42

According to one legend, the Wild Huntsman met Christ at a river where He sought to quench His thirst, and would not permit Him to drink; he also drove Him from a cattle trough, and when the Saviour found water in a horse's foot-print, and would drink there, he drove Him away.

Who acts: Wild Huntsman, Huntsman, Saviour, horse · What happens: accord, meet, seek, quench, not permit, drink · To what, where: Christ, river, thirst, Huntsman, cattle trough, water

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 (Wild Huntsman, Huntsman, Saviour, horse), 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	According	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 legend	case
2	to	to	ADP	_	1 According	fixed
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 legend	nummod
4	legend	legend	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 met	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 legend	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Huntsman	det
7	Wild	Wild	PROPN	_	8 Huntsman	flat
8	Huntsman	Huntsman	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 met	nsubj
9	met	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	Christ	Christ	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 met	obj
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 river	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 river	det
13	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 met	obl
14	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	16 sought	advmod
15	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 sought	nsubj
16	sought	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 river	acl:relcl
17	to	to	PART	_	18 quench	mark
18	quench	quench	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 sought	xcomp
19	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 thirst	nmod:poss
20	thirst	thirst	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 quench	obj
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 permit	punct
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 permit	cc
23	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	25 permit	aux
24	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	25 permit	advmod
25	permit	permit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 quench	conj
26	Him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 permit	obj
27	to	to	PART	_	28 drink	mark
28	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	25 permit	xcomp
29	;	;	PUNCT	_	32 drove	punct
30	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 drove	nsubj
31	also	also	ADV	_	32 drove	advmod
32	drove	drive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 met	conj
33	Him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 drove	obj
34	from	from	ADP	_	37 trough	case
35	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	37 trough	det
36	cattle	cattle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 trough	amod
37	trough	trough	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 drove	obl
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 drove	punct
39	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 drove	cc
40	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	43 found	advmod
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 Saviour	det
42	Saviour	saviour	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 found	nsubj
43	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	59 drove	advcl
44	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 found	obj
45	in	in	ADP	_	51 print	case
46	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	47 horse	det
47	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 print	nmod:poss
48	's	's	PART	_	47 horse	case
49	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 print	compound
50	-	-	PUNCT	_	49 foot	punct
51	print	print	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 found	obl
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 drink	punct
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	55 drink	cc
54	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	55 drink	aux
55	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	43 found	conj
56	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	55 drink	advmod
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 found	punct
58	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	59 drove	nsubj
59	drove	drive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 met	conj
60	Him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	59 drove	obj
61	away	away	ADV	_	59 drove	advmod
62	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 met	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	meet	past	the Wild Huntsman	Christ	a river	accord one legend	vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent christ=Co-Agent
3	seek	past	Huntsman				tree rules
4	quench not said to happen	to-infinitive	Huntsman not said here	Huntsman's thirst			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus thirst=Experiencer
5	not permit	would	Huntsman not said here	Huntsman			vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer he=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
6	drink not said to happen	to-infinitive	Huntsman not said here				vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	drive	past	Huntsman	Christ	a cattle trough		vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme from trough=Trajectory
8	find	past	the Saviour	water	a horse's foot print		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Topic
9	drink	would	the Saviour not said here		there		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
10	drive away	past	Huntsman	Saviour		away property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
11	thirst		Huntsman				nom thirst «state intransitive»: poss=agent
12	print		a horse				nom print «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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🌲 Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 12, sentence 42

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Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 12, sentence 42