Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 13, sentence 43
Meanwhile, Arno concluded that his robbery of the bride was undiscovered, and was strengthened in this idea, as some days after he saw a group of maidens, decked in bridal array, issue forth from the town to the same meadow.
Who acts: Arno, robbery · What happens: conclude, be, strengthen, see, deck, rob · To what, where: idea, group, bride
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 (Arno, robbery), 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 | Meanwhile | meanwhile | ADV | _ | 4 concluded | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Meanwhile | punct |
| 3 | Arno | Arno | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 concluded | nsubj |
| 4 | concluded | conclude | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 12 undiscovered | mark |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 robbery | nmod:poss |
| 7 | robbery | robbery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 undiscovered | nsubj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 bride | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 bride | det |
| 10 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 robbery | nmod |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 undiscovered | cop |
| 12 | undiscovered | undiscovered | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 concluded | ccomp |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 strengthened | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 strengthened | cc |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 strengthened | aux:pass |
| 16 | strengthened | strengthen | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 concluded | parataxis |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 idea | case |
| 18 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 19 idea | det |
| 19 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 strengthened | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 days | punct |
| 21 | as | as | ADP | _ | 23 days | case |
| 22 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 23 days | det |
| 23 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 concluded | obl |
| 24 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 26 saw | mark |
| 25 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 saw | nsubj |
| 26 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 concluded | advcl |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 group | det |
| 28 | group | group | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 saw | obj |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 maidens | case |
| 30 | maidens | maiden | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 group | nmod |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 decked | punct |
| 32 | decked | deck | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 28 group | acl |
| 33 | in | in | ADP | _ | 35 array | case |
| 34 | bridal | bridal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 array | amod |
| 35 | array | array | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 decked | obl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 issue | punct |
| 37 | issue | issue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 array | conj |
| 38 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 41 town | advmod |
| 39 | from | from | ADP | _ | 41 town | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 town | det |
| 41 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 issue | nmod |
| 42 | to | to | ADP | _ | 45 meadow | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 meadow | det |
| 44 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 meadow | amod |
| 45 | meadow | meadow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 town | nmod |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 concluded | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | conclude | past | Arno | day | meanwhile property | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | is | past | Arno's robbery of the bride | undiscovered property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | strengthen | past · passive | this idea | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V» | |||||
| 4 | see | past | Arno | a group of maidens | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer group=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | deck | participle | a group of maidens not said here | in bridal array and issue from the town to the same meadow | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in array=Theme | ||||
| 6 | rob | Arno | the bride | nom robbery «act transitive»: poss=agent 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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