Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 13, sentence 83
The varied splendid colours of the pebble quite dazzled his eyes; he wrapped it in a cloth, and hastened to his neighbour Bergmann, who knew all the stones of the Harz, and showed it to him.
Who acts: varied splendid colours, Ei, neighbour · What happens: dazzle, wrap, hasten, know, show · To what, where: eyes, Pebble, cloth, neighbour, stones, stone
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 (varied splendid colours, Ei, neighbour), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 colours | det |
| 2 | varied | varied | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 colours | amod |
| 3 | splendid | splendid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 colours | amod |
| 4 | colours | colour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 dazzled | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 pebble | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 pebble | det |
| 7 | pebble | pebble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 colours | nmod |
| 8 | quite | quite | ADV | _ | 9 dazzled | advmod |
| 9 | dazzled | dazzle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 11 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 dazzled | obj |
| 12 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 14 wrapped | punct |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 wrapped | nsubj |
| 14 | wrapped | wrap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 dazzled | conj |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 wrapped | obj |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 cloth | case |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 cloth | det |
| 18 | cloth | cloth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 wrapped | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 hastened | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 hastened | cc |
| 21 | hastened | hasten | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 wrapped | conj |
| 22 | to | to | ADP | _ | 24 neighbour | case |
| 23 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 neighbour | nmod:poss |
| 24 | neighbour | neighbour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 hastened | obl |
| 25 | Bergmann | Bergmann | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 neighbour | appos |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 knew | punct |
| 27 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 28 knew | nsubj |
| 28 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 neighbour | acl:relcl |
| 29 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 31 stones | det:predet |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 stones | det |
| 31 | stones | stone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 knew | obj |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 Harz | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 Harz | det |
| 34 | Harz | Harz | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 stones | nmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 showed | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 showed | cc |
| 37 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 dazzled | conj |
| 38 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 showed | obj |
| 39 | to | to | ADP | _ | 40 him | case |
| 40 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 showed | obl |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 dazzled | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dazzle | past | the varied splendid colours of the pebble | Ei's eyes | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus eye=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | wrap | past | Ei | Pebble | a cloth | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in cloth=Destination | |||
| 3 | hasten | participle | Ei not said here | Ei's neighbour | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to neighbour=Destination | ||||
| 4 | know | past | Ei's neighbour | all stones of the Harz | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer stone=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | show | past | the varied splendid colours of the pebble not said here | stone | Ei | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to he=Recipient |
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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