Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 12, sentence 99
All became uproar, women ran moaning through the streets, girls locked themselves in their rooms, as if the robber were behind them, the older citizens talked and reasoned, the younger swore revenge, and the members of the town council moved with solemn steps and imposing mien toward the town hall, where the walls of the dark council chamber should become silent witnesses of all the wisdom of their puffed-up pride and self-importance.
Who acts: uproar, girls, older citizens, younger, members, walls · What happens: be, run, moan, lock, talk, swear · To what, where: uproar, streets, girls, rooms, revenge, silent witnesses
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 (uproar, girls, older citizens, younger), 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 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 uproar | det |
| 2 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 uproar | cop |
| 3 | uproar | uproar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 ran | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 uproar | punct |
| 5 | women | woman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 ran | nsubj |
| 6 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | moaning | moan | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 ran | advcl |
| 8 | through | through | ADP | _ | 10 streets | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 streets | det |
| 10 | streets | street | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 moaning | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 locked | punct |
| 12 | girls | girl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 locked | nsubj |
| 13 | locked | lock | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 ran | conj |
| 14 | themselves | themselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 13 locked | obj |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 rooms | case |
| 16 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 rooms | nmod:poss |
| 17 | rooms | room | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 locked | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 behind | punct |
| 19 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 24 behind | mark |
| 20 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 24 behind | mark |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 robber | det |
| 22 | robber | robber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 behind | nsubj |
| 23 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 behind | cop |
| 24 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 25 them | case |
| 25 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 locked | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 talked | punct |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 citizens | det |
| 28 | older | old | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 29 citizens | amod |
| 29 | citizens | citizen | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 talked | nsubj |
| 30 | talked | talk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 ran | conj |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 reasoned | cc |
| 32 | reasoned | reasoned | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 talked | conj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 swore | punct |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 younger | det |
| 35 | younger | young | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 36 swore | nsubj |
| 36 | swore | swear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 ran | parataxis |
| 37 | revenge | revenge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 swore | obj |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 moved | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 moved | cc |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 members | det |
| 41 | members | member | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 moved | nsubj |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 council | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 council | det |
| 44 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 council | compound |
| 45 | council | council | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 members | nmod |
| 46 | moved | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 ran | conj |
| 47 | with | with | ADP | _ | 49 steps | case |
| 48 | solemn | solemn | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 steps | amod |
| 49 | steps | step | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 moved | obl |
| 50 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 52 mien | cc |
| 51 | imposing | imposing | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 mien | amod |
| 52 | mien | mien | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 steps | conj |
| 53 | toward | toward | ADP | _ | 56 hall | case |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 56 hall | det |
| 55 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 hall | compound |
| 56 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 mien | nmod |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 67 become | punct |
| 58 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 67 become | advmod |
| 59 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 walls | det |
| 60 | walls | wall | NOUN | Number=Plur | 67 become | nsubj |
| 61 | of | of | ADP | _ | 65 chamber | case |
| 62 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 65 chamber | det |
| 63 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 65 chamber | amod |
| 64 | council | council | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 chamber | compound |
| 65 | chamber | chamber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 walls | nmod |
| 66 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 67 become | aux |
| 67 | become | become | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 52 mien | parataxis |
| 68 | silent | silent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 69 witnesses | amod |
| 69 | witnesses | witness | NOUN | Number=Plur | 67 become | xcomp |
| 70 | of | of | ADP | _ | 73 wisdom | case |
| 71 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 73 wisdom | det:predet |
| 72 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 73 wisdom | det |
| 73 | wisdom | wisdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 69 witnesses | nmod |
| 74 | of | of | ADP | _ | 79 pride | case |
| 75 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 79 pride | nmod:poss |
| 76 | puffed | puff | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 79 pride | amod |
| 77 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 78 up | punct |
| 78 | up | up | ADP | _ | 76 puffed | compound:prt |
| 79 | pride | pride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 73 wisdom | nmod |
| 80 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 83 importance | cc |
| 81 | self | self | NOUN | Number=Sing | 83 importance | compound |
| 82 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 81 self | punct |
| 83 | importance | importance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 79 pride | conj |
| 84 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 ran | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | all uproar | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | run | past | all uproar | women nsubj | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | moan | gerund | all uproar not said here | the streets | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through street=Location | ||||
| 4 | lock | past | girls | girls = girl | girls's rooms | behind women = woman | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient | ||
| 5 | talk | past | the older citizens | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | swear | past | the younger | revenge | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent revenge=Eventuality | ||||
| 7 | move | past | the members of the town council | with solemn steps and imposing mien toward the town hall | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 8 | become | should | the walls of the dark council chamber | silent witnesses of all wisdom of women's puffed pride and self importance | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 9 | puff up | participle | vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | ||||||
| 10 | pride | women = woman | nom pride «feeling 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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