Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 13, sentence 71

It seemed to him by these reflections as if a long, giant, shadowy form brushed past him in the twilight, whispering in his ear, "Do not despair."

Who acts: It, long giant shadowy form · What happens: seem, brush, whisper, not despair · To what, where: trouble, twilight, ear · 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 (It, long giant shadowy form), 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	2 seemed	nsubj
2	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 him	case
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 seemed	obl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 reflections	case
6	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	7 reflections	det
7	reflections	reflection	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 seemed	obl
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	17 brushed	mark
9	if	if	SCONJ	_	17 brushed	mark
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 form	det
11	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 form	amod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 long	punct
13	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 form	amod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 giant	punct
15	shadowy	shadowy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 form	amod
16	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 brushed	nsubj
17	brushed	brush	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 seemed	advcl
18	past	past	ADP	_	19 him	case
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 brushed	obl
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 twilight	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 twilight	det
22	twilight	twilight	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 brushed	obl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 whispering	punct
24	whispering	whisper	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 seemed	xcomp
25	in	in	ADP	_	27 ear	case
26	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 ear	nmod:poss
27	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 whispering	obl
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 despair	punct
29	"	"	PUNCT	_	32 despair	punct
30	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	32 despair	aux
31	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	32 despair	advmod
32	despair	despair	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	24 whispering	parataxis
33	.	.	PUNCT	_	32 despair	punct
34	"	"	PUNCT	_	32 despair	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	seem	past	It	trouble		by this reflections	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute
2	brush	past	a long giant shadowy form		the twilight	past trouble	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme past he=Destination
3	whisper speech: assert	gerund			trouble's ear		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	not despair in a quote	infinitive · do-support					vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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 13, sentence 71

The tree

Pragmatics

Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 13, sentence 71