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Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 14, sentence 45

The forester of Scharzfels, with his gun on his shoulder, was one day sauntering through the wood, when, as he turned a corner, he saw three men in a young plantation digging, and thereby doing much mischief.

Who acts: forester, one day, Scharzfels, young plantation · What happens: be, saunter, turn, see, dig, do · To what, where: one day, wood, corner, three men, young plantation, much mischief

This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 14. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (forester, one day, Scharzfels, young plantation), 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

detnsubjcasenmodpunctcasenmod:possapposcasenmod:possnmodpunctcopnummodaclcasedetoblpunctadvmodpunctmarknsubjparataxisdetobjpunctnsubjconjnummodobjcasedetamodoblaclpunctccadvmodconjamodobjpunctrootTheDETforesterNOUNofADPScharzfelsPROPN,PUNCTwithADPhisPRONgunNOUNonADPhisPRONshoulderNOUN,PUNCTwasAUXoneNUMdayNOUNsaunteringVERBthroughADPtheDETwoodNOUN,PUNCTwhenADV,PUNCTasSCONJhePRONturnedVERBaDETcornerNOUN,PUNCThePRONsawVERBthreeNUMmenNOUNinADPaDETyoungADJplantationNOUNdiggingVERB,PUNCTandCCONJtherebyADVdoingVERBmuchADJmischiefNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 foresterdet
2foresterforesterNOUNNumber=Sing15 daynsubj
3ofofADP_4 Scharzfelscase
4ScharzfelsScharzfelsPROPNNumber=Sing2 foresternmod
5,,PUNCT_8 gunpunct
6withwithADP_8 guncase
7hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs8 gunnmod:poss
8gungunNOUNNumber=Sing2 foresterappos
9ononADP_11 shouldercase
10hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs11 shouldernmod:poss
11shouldershoulderNOUNNumber=Sing8 gunnmod
12,,PUNCT_2 foresterpunct
13wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin15 daycop
14oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card15 daynummod
15daydayNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
16saunteringsaunterVERBVerbForm=Ger15 dayacl
17throughthroughADP_19 woodcase
18thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 wooddet
19woodwoodNOUNNumber=Sing16 saunteringobl
20,,PUNCT_25 turnedpunct
21whenwhenADVPronType=Int25 turnedadvmod
22,,PUNCT_25 turnedpunct
23asasSCONJ_25 turnedmark
24hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs25 turnednsubj
25turnedturnVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin15 dayparataxis
26aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art27 cornerdet
27cornercornerNOUNNumber=Sing25 turnedobj
28,,PUNCT_30 sawpunct
29hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs30 sawnsubj
30sawseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin25 turnedconj
31threethreeNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card32 mennummod
32menmanNOUNNumber=Plur30 sawobj
33ininADP_36 plantationcase
34aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art36 plantationdet
35youngyoungADJDegree=Pos36 plantationamod
36plantationplantationNOUNNumber=Sing30 sawobl
37diggingdigVERBVerbForm=Ger36 plantationacl
38,,PUNCT_41 doingpunct
39andandCCONJ_41 doingcc
40therebytherebyADV_41 doingadvmod
41doingdoVERBVerbForm=Ger37 diggingconj
42muchmuchADJDegree=Pos43 mischiefamod
43mischiefmischiefNOUNNumber=Sing41 doingobj
44..PUNCT_15 daypunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apastthe forester of Scharzfelsone daytree rules
2sauntergerundone day not said herethe woodvn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through wood=Trajectory
3turnpastScharzfelsa cornervn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent corner=Theme
4seepastScharzfelsthree mena young plantationvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus
5diggerunda young plantation not said herevn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6dogerunda young plantation not said heremuch mischiefthereby propertyvn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mischief=Eventuality

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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