Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 12, sentence 91
It was such a bridal party that issued this day from the gates of Aschersleben, to enjoy the fun after the fashion of their ancestors, for the fairest flower of Askania, Ida, a merchant's daughter, celebrated her wedding.
Who acts: wreath, bridal party, daughter · What happens: be, issue, enjoy, celebrate, wed · To what, where: bridal party, gates, fun, wedding
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 (wreath, bridal party, daughter), 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 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 party | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 party | cop |
| 3 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 party | det:predet |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 party | det |
| 5 | bridal | bridal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 party | amod |
| 6 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 issued | nsubj |
| 8 | issued | issue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 party | acl:relcl |
| 9 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 day | det |
| 10 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 issued | obl:unmarked |
| 11 | from | from | ADP | _ | 13 gates | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 gates | det |
| 13 | gates | gate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 issued | obl |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 Aschersleben | case |
| 15 | Aschersleben | Aschersleben | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 gates | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 enjoy | punct |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 enjoy | mark |
| 18 | enjoy | enjoy | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 8 issued | parataxis |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 fun | det |
| 20 | fun | fun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 enjoy | obj |
| 21 | after | after | ADP | _ | 23 fashion | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 fashion | det |
| 23 | fashion | fashion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 enjoy | obl |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 ancestors | case |
| 25 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 ancestors | nmod:poss |
| 26 | ancestors | ancestor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 fashion | nmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 flower | punct |
| 28 | for | for | ADP | _ | 31 flower | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 flower | det |
| 30 | fairest | fair | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 31 flower | amod |
| 31 | flower | flower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 enjoy | obl |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 Askania | case |
| 33 | Askania | Askania | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 flower | nmod |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 Ida | punct |
| 35 | Ida | Ida | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 Askania | flat |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 daughter | punct |
| 37 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 38 merchant | det |
| 38 | merchant | merchant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 39 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 38 merchant | case |
| 40 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 Askania | conj |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 celebrated | punct |
| 42 | celebrated | celebrate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 issued | conj |
| 43 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 wedding | nmod:poss |
| 44 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 celebrated | obj |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 party | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | wreath | such bridal party | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | issue | past | such bridal party | the gates of Aschersleben | day | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 3 | enjoy | to-infinitive | the fun | after the fashion of friends's ancestors | for the fairest flower of Askania and a merchant's daughter | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer fun=Stimulus for flower=Attribute | |||
| 4 | celebrate | past | such bridal party not said here | daughter's wedding | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wedding=Theme | ||||
| 5 | wed | daughter | nom wedding «event 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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