Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 13, sentence 123
"Thou shalt have it; thou shalt have more than thy demand!" cried the Prince, as he beheld the glittering jewel, and embraced the treasurer, called him friend and brother, and commanded his secretary to draw up the documents giving the treasurer the half of his kingdom.
Who acts: Thou, Prince, heart, documents, thy · What happens: have, cry, behold, glitter, embrace, call · To what, where: Judge, more, glittering jewel, treasurer, heart, secretary · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Thou, Prince, heart, documents), 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 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 have | punct |
| 2 | Thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 4 have | nsubj |
| 3 | shalt | shall | AUX | Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin | 4 have | aux |
| 4 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 cried | ccomp |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 have | obj |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 have | punct |
| 7 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 9 have | nsubj |
| 8 | shalt | shall | AUX | Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin | 9 have | aux |
| 9 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 have | conj |
| 10 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 9 have | obj |
| 11 | than | than | ADP | _ | 13 demand | case |
| 12 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 13 demand | nmod:poss |
| 13 | demand | demand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 more | obl |
| 14 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 have | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 have | punct |
| 16 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 Prince | det |
| 18 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 cried | obj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 beheld | punct |
| 20 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 22 beheld | mark |
| 21 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 beheld | nsubj |
| 22 | beheld | behold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 cried | parataxis |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 jewel | det |
| 24 | glittering | glitter | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 25 jewel | amod |
| 25 | jewel | jewel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 beheld | obj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 embraced | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 embraced | cc |
| 28 | embraced | embrace | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 beheld | conj |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 treasurer | det |
| 30 | treasurer | treasurer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 embraced | obj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 called | punct |
| 32 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 30 treasurer | acl |
| 33 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 called | obj |
| 34 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 called | xcomp |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 brother | cc |
| 36 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 friend | conj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 commanded | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 commanded | cc |
| 39 | commanded | command | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 cried | conj |
| 40 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 secretary | nmod:poss |
| 41 | secretary | secretary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 commanded | obj |
| 42 | to | to | PART | _ | 43 draw | mark |
| 43 | draw | draw | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 39 commanded | advcl |
| 44 | up | up | ADP | _ | 43 draw | compound:prt |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 documents | det |
| 46 | documents | document | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 draw | obj |
| 47 | giving | give | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 46 documents | acl |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 treasurer | det |
| 49 | treasurer | treasurer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 giving | obj |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 half | det |
| 51 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 47 giving | obj |
| 52 | of | of | ADP | _ | 54 kingdom | case |
| 53 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 54 kingdom | nmod:poss |
| 54 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 half | nmod |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 cried | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have in a quote | shall | Thou | Judge | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ||||
| 2 | have in a quote | shall | thou | more than thy demand | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Patient | ||||
| 3 | cry speech: express | past | the Prince | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | behold | past | heart | the glittering jewel | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer jewel=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | glitter | gerund | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 6 | embrace | past | heart not said here | the treasurer | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treasurer=Co-Agent | ||||
| 7 | call | participle | the treasurer not said here | heart | friend and brother xcomp | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | |||
| 8 | command | past | the Prince not said here | heart's secretary | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent secretary=Eventuality | ||||
| 9 | draw up | to-infinitive | the Prince not said here | the documents | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent document=Theme | ||||
| 10 | give | gerund | the documents not said here | the treasurer | the half of heart's kingdom obj | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent treasurer=Recipient half=Theme | |||
| 11 | demand in a quote | thy | nom demand «communication 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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