Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 12, sentence 54
But when Princess Huldigunde determined to get rid of a certain adorer, she grew so engaging that he became perfectly enchanted, and as he sat beside her, intoxicated with joy, she seized either a pomegranate, or an egg near her, and handed it to him, saying softly, "Keep that as a souvenir."
Who acts: Princess, trick · What happens: determine, get, grow, engage, become, enchant · To what, where: pomegranate, trick, that · 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, trick), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 15 grew | cc |
| 2 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 determined | advmod |
| 3 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 determined | nsubj |
| 4 | Huldigunde | Huldigunde | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Princess | flat |
| 5 | determined | determine | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 grew | advcl |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 get | mark |
| 7 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 determined | xcomp |
| 8 | rid | rid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 get | xcomp |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 adorer | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 adorer | det |
| 11 | certain | certain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 adorer | amod |
| 12 | adorer | adorer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 rid | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 determined | punct |
| 14 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 grew | nsubj |
| 15 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 16 | so | so | ADV | _ | 15 grew | advmod |
| 17 | engaging | engage | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 15 grew | advcl |
| 18 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 20 became | mark |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 became | nsubj |
| 20 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 engaging | advcl |
| 21 | perfectly | perfectly | ADV | _ | 22 enchanted | advmod |
| 22 | enchanted | enchant | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 became | xcomp |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 intoxicated | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 intoxicated | cc |
| 25 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 27 sat | mark |
| 26 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 sat | nsubj |
| 27 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 intoxicated | advcl |
| 28 | beside | beside | ADP | _ | 29 her | case |
| 29 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 sat | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 sat | punct |
| 31 | intoxicated | intoxicate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 grew | conj |
| 32 | with | with | ADP | _ | 33 joy | case |
| 33 | joy | joy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 intoxicated | obl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 seized | punct |
| 35 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 seized | nsubj |
| 36 | seized | seize | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 intoxicated | conj |
| 37 | either | either | CCONJ | _ | 39 pomegranate | cc:preconj |
| 38 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 39 pomegranate | det |
| 39 | pomegranate | pomegranate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 seized | obj |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 egg | punct |
| 41 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 43 egg | cc |
| 42 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 43 egg | det |
| 43 | egg | egg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 pomegranate | appos |
| 44 | near | near | ADP | _ | 45 her | case |
| 45 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 egg | nmod |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 handed | punct |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 handed | cc |
| 48 | handed | hand | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 seized | conj |
| 49 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 handed | obj |
| 50 | to | to | ADP | _ | 51 him | case |
| 51 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 handed | obl |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 saying | punct |
| 53 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 48 handed | advcl |
| 54 | softly | softly | ADV | _ | 53 saying | advmod |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 Keep | punct |
| 56 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 57 Keep | punct |
| 57 | Keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 53 saying | advcl |
| 58 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 57 Keep | obj |
| 59 | as | as | ADP | _ | 61 souvenir | case |
| 60 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 61 souvenir | det |
| 61 | souvenir | souvenir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 Keep | obl |
| 62 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 grew | punct |
| 63 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 grew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | determine | past | Princess | vn discover-84 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | get | to-infinitive | Princess not said here | rid property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | grow | past | Princess | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | engage | gerund | Princess not said here | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-2 «NP V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 5 | become | past | trick | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | enchant | participle | trick not said here | perfectly property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 7 | sit | past | trick | beside Princess | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside she=Location | ||||
| 8 | intoxicate | participle | Princess not said here | with joy | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 9 | seize | past | Princess | a pomegranate | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pomegranate=Theme | ||||
| 10 | hand | past | Princess not said here | pomegranate | trick | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to he=Destination | |||
| 11 | say speech: assert | gerund | Princess not said here | softly property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 12 | keep in a quote | infinitive | Princess not said here | that | as a souvenir | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme |
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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