Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 12, sentence 50
And then she said, "If you can induce me to take anything from your hand without saying "_J'y pense_," I am ready for marriage with you; but if, on the other hand, I can lead you to receive any object from my hand without your repeating those saving words, you shall have your head shaved, and forthwith leave my dominions."
Who acts: Princess, you, head, your · What happens: say, induce, take, be, lead, receive · To what, where: Princess, anything, hand, J'y pense, you, object · 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 (Princess, you, head, your), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 said | cc |
| 2 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 said | advmod |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 said | nsubj |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 induce | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 induce | punct |
| 7 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 10 induce | mark |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 induce | nsubj |
| 9 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 induce | aux |
| 10 | induce | induce | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 said | ccomp |
| 11 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 induce | obj |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 take | mark |
| 13 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 induce | csubj |
| 14 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 13 take | obj |
| 15 | from | from | ADP | _ | 17 hand | case |
| 16 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 hand | nmod:poss |
| 17 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 take | obl |
| 18 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 19 saying | mark |
| 19 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 13 take | advcl |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 23 pense | punct |
| 21 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 23 pense | punct |
| 22 | J'y | J'y | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 pense | compound |
| 23 | pense | pense | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 saying | obj |
| 24 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 23 pense | punct |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 ready | punct |
| 26 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 29 ready | punct |
| 27 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 29 ready | nsubj |
| 28 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 29 ready | cop |
| 29 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 saying | ccomp |
| 30 | for | for | ADP | _ | 31 marriage | case |
| 31 | marriage | marriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 ready | obl |
| 32 | with | with | ADP | _ | 33 you | case |
| 33 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 29 ready | obl |
| 34 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 45 lead | punct |
| 35 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 45 lead | cc |
| 36 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 41 hand | mark |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 hand | punct |
| 38 | on | on | ADP | _ | 41 hand | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 hand | det |
| 40 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 hand | amod |
| 41 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 lead | advcl |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 hand | punct |
| 43 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 45 lead | nsubj |
| 44 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 45 lead | aux |
| 45 | lead | lead | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 said | ccomp |
| 46 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 45 lead | obj |
| 47 | to | to | PART | _ | 48 receive | mark |
| 48 | receive | receive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 45 lead | advcl |
| 49 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 50 object | det |
| 50 | object | object | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 receive | obj |
| 51 | from | from | ADP | _ | 53 hand | case |
| 52 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 53 hand | nmod:poss |
| 53 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 receive | obl |
| 54 | without | without | ADP | _ | 56 repeating | case |
| 55 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 56 repeating | nmod:poss |
| 56 | repeating | repeating | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 receive | obl |
| 57 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 59 words | det |
| 58 | saving | save | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 59 words | amod |
| 59 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 48 receive | obj |
| 60 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 63 have | punct |
| 61 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 63 have | nsubj |
| 62 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 63 have | aux |
| 63 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 said | conj |
| 64 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 65 head | nmod:poss |
| 65 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 have | obj |
| 66 | shaved | shave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 63 have | xcomp |
| 67 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 70 leave | punct |
| 68 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 70 leave | cc |
| 69 | forthwith | forthwith | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 70 leave | amod |
| 70 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 said | ccomp |
| 71 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 72 dominions | nmod:poss |
| 72 | dominions | dominion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 70 leave | obj |
| 73 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 70 leave | punct |
| 74 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 70 leave | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Princess | then | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | induce a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | can | you | Princess | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | ||||
| 3 | take in a quote | to-infinitive | anything | your hand | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent anything=Theme from hand=Initial_Location | ||||
| 4 | say speech: assert in a quote | gerund | J'y pense | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent pense=Topic | |||||
| 5 | is in a quote | present | Princess | for marriage; with you; ready property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | lead in a quote | can | Princess | you | the other hand advcl | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | |||
| 7 | receive in a quote | to-infinitive | Princess not said here | any object | my hand | without your repeating; that saving words obj | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent object=Theme word=Location | ||
| 8 | save in a quote | gerund | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 9 | have in a quote | shall | you | your head | tree rules | ||||
| 10 | shave in a quote | participle | your head not said here | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 11 | leave in a quote | infinitive | my dominions | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dominion=Theme | |||||
| 12 | repeat in a quote | your | nom repeating «act 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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