Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 12, sentence 87

The citizens of the near-situated Aschersleben suffered most by these raids; for when in the sweat of the brow they had cultivated their fields, and rejoiced in view of the approaching harvest, Arno would swoop down like a bird of prey, and gather the rich grains and fruits into his barns; and when the wealthy merchants of Magdeburg, Ascherslebeh, and Nordhausen, reckoning how they could make what was worth fifty per cent. bring a hundred, travelled past, he took pity on their problem-solving souls, and relieved their weary brains of the difficult calculations and the burden of sales by carrying off their goods to his castle--sometimes, indeed, the merchants themselves, whose friends redeemed them with heavy sums.

Who acts: citizens, Arno, wealthy merchants, merchants, friends · What happens: situate, suffer, cultivate, rejoice, approach, swoop down · To what, where: most, fields, sweat, view, rich grains, hundred

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 (citizens, Arno, wealthy merchants, merchants), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 citizens	det
2	citizens	citizen	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 suffered	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	8 Aschersleben	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Aschersleben	det
5	near	near	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 situated	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 near	punct
7	situated	situate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 Aschersleben	amod
8	Aschersleben	Aschersleben	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 citizens	nmod
9	suffered	suffer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 suffered	obj
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 raids	case
12	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	13 raids	det
13	raids	raid	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 suffered	obl
14	;	;	PUNCT	_	25 cultivated	punct
15	for	for	SCONJ	_	25 cultivated	mark
16	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	25 cultivated	advmod
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 sweat	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 sweat	det
19	sweat	sweat	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 cultivated	obl
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 brow	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 brow	det
22	brow	brow	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 sweat	nmod
23	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 cultivated	nsubj
24	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 cultivated	aux
25	cultivated	cultivate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 suffered	conj
26	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 fields	nmod:poss
27	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 cultivated	obj
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 rejoiced	punct
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 rejoiced	cc
30	rejoiced	rejoice	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	25 cultivated	conj
31	in	in	ADP	_	32 view	case
32	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 swoop	obl
33	of	of	ADP	_	36 harvest	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 harvest	det
35	approaching	approach	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	36 harvest	amod
36	harvest	harvest	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 view	nmod
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 view	punct
38	Arno	arno	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 swoop	nsubj
39	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	40 swoop	aux
40	swoop	swoop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	30 rejoiced	parataxis
41	down	down	ADP	_	40 swoop	compound:prt
42	like	like	ADP	_	44 bird	case
43	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	44 bird	det
44	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 swoop	obl
45	of	of	ADP	_	46 prey	case
46	prey	prey	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 bird	nmod
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 gather	punct
48	and	and	CCONJ	_	49 gather	cc
49	gather	gather	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	40 swoop	conj
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 grains	det
51	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	52 grains	amod
52	grains	grain	NOUN	Number=Plur	49 gather	obj
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	54 fruits	cc
54	fruits	fruit	NOUN	Number=Plur	52 grains	conj
55	into	into	ADP	_	57 barns	case
56	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	57 barns	nmod:poss
57	barns	barn	NOUN	Number=Plur	49 gather	obl
58	;	;	PUNCT	_	72 reckoning	punct
59	and	and	CCONJ	_	72 reckoning	cc
60	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	72 reckoning	advmod
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 merchants	det
62	wealthy	wealthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	63 merchants	amod
63	merchants	merchant	NOUN	Number=Plur	72 reckoning	nsubj
64	of	of	ADP	_	65 Magdeburg	case
65	Magdeburg	Magdeburg	PROPN	Number=Sing	63 merchants	nmod
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 Ascherslebeh	punct
67	Ascherslebeh	Ascherslebeh	PROPN	Number=Sing	65 Magdeburg	conj
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 Nordhausen	punct
69	and	and	CCONJ	_	70 Nordhausen	cc
70	Nordhausen	Nordhausen	PROPN	Number=Sing	65 Magdeburg	conj
71	,	,	PUNCT	_	72 reckoning	punct
72	reckoning	reckon	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 suffered	advcl
73	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	76 make	advmod
74	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	76 make	nsubj
75	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	76 make	aux
76	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	72 reckoning	advcl
77	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	79 worth	nsubj
78	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	79 worth	cop
79	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	76 make	xcomp
80	fifty	fifty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	82 cent	nummod
81	per	per	NOUN	Number=Sing	82 cent	compound
82	cent	cent	NOUN	Number=Sing	79 worth	obj
83	.	.	PUNCT	_	76 make	punct
84	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	76 make	xcomp
85	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	86 hundred	det
86	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	84 bring	obj
87	,	,	PUNCT	_	88 travelled	punct
88	travelled	travel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	86 hundred	conj
89	past	past	ADV	_	88 travelled	advmod
90	,	,	PUNCT	_	92 took	punct
91	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	92 took	nsubj
92	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 suffered	conj
93	pity	pity	NOUN	Number=Sing	92 took	obj
94	on	on	ADP	_	99 souls	case
95	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	99 souls	nmod:poss
96	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	98 solving	compound
97	-	-	PUNCT	_	96 problem	punct
98	solving	solving	NOUN	Number=Sing	99 souls	compound
99	souls	soul	NOUN	Number=Plur	92 took	obl
100	,	,	PUNCT	_	102 relieved	punct
101	and	and	CCONJ	_	102 relieved	cc
102	relieved	relieve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	92 took	conj
103	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	105 brains	nmod:poss
104	weary	weary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	105 brains	amod
105	brains	brain	NOUN	Number=Plur	102 relieved	obj
106	of	of	ADP	_	109 calculations	case
107	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	109 calculations	det
108	difficult	difficult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	109 calculations	amod
109	calculations	calculation	NOUN	Number=Plur	105 brains	nmod
110	and	and	CCONJ	_	112 burden	cc
111	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	112 burden	det
112	burden	burden	NOUN	Number=Sing	109 calculations	conj
113	of	of	ADP	_	114 sales	case
114	sales	sale	NOUN	Number=Plur	112 burden	nmod
115	by	by	SCONJ	_	116 carrying	mark
116	carrying	carry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	102 relieved	advcl
117	off	off	ADP	_	116 carrying	compound:prt
118	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	119 goods	nmod:poss
119	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	116 carrying	obj
120	to	to	ADP	_	122 castle	case
121	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	122 castle	nmod:poss
122	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	116 carrying	obl
123	--	--	PUNCT	_	129 merchants	punct
124	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	129 merchants	advmod
125	,	,	PUNCT	_	126 indeed	punct
126	indeed	indeed	ADV	_	129 merchants	advmod
127	,	,	PUNCT	_	126 indeed	punct
128	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	129 merchants	det
129	merchants	merchant	NOUN	Number=Plur	92 took	obl
130	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	129 merchants	nmod
131	,	,	PUNCT	_	134 redeemed	punct
132	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	133 friends	nmod:poss
133	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	134 redeemed	nsubj
134	redeemed	redeem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	129 merchants	conj
135	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	134 redeemed	obj
136	with	with	ADP	_	138 sums	case
137	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	138 sums	amod
138	sums	sum	NOUN	Number=Plur	134 redeemed	obl
139	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 suffered	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	situate	participle					vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent
2	suffer	past	the citizens of the situated Aschersleben	most		by this raids	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer most=Stimulus
3	cultivate	past · perfect	citizens = citizen	citizens's fields	the sweat of the brow		vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent field=Product
4	rejoice	participle	citizens = citizen not said here				vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
5	approach	gerund					vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	swoop down	would	Arno		view of the approaching harvest	like a bird of prey	tree rules
7	gather	present	Arno not said here	the rich grains and fruits		into Arno's barns	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent grain=Patient into barn=Co-Patient
8	reckon	gerund	the wealthy merchants of Magdeburg and Ascherslebeh and Nordhausen				vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
9	make	could	merchants = merchant				tree rules
10	is	past				what nsubj; fifty per cent obj; worth property	tree rules
11	bring	infinitive	merchants = merchant not said here	a hundred			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent hundred=Theme
12	travel	past	merchants = merchant not said here			past property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
13	take	past	Arno	pity	citizens's solving souls	the merchants merchants obl	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pity=Theme on soul=Destination
14	relieve	past	Arno not said here	citizens's weary brains of the difficult calculations and the burden of sales			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus brain=Experiencer
15	carry off	gerund	Arno not said here	citizens's goods	Arno's castle		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent goods=Theme to castle=Destination
16	redeem	past	friends	merchants = merchant		with heavy sums	vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
17	view			the approaching harvest			nom view «cognition transitive»: of=patient
18	burden			sales			nom burden «cognition 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 87