Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 14, sentence 46
Already a strong oath was on his lips as the figures turned round and, through their odd, foreign appearance, frightened back every expression of anger.
Who acts: strong oath, figures, odd foreign appearance · What happens: be, turn round, frighten back · To what, where: lips, expression
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 (strong oath, figures, odd foreign appearance), 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 | Already | already | ADV | _ | 4 oath | advmod |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 oath | det |
| 3 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 oath | amod |
| 4 | oath | oath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 lips | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 lips | cop |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 lips | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 lips | nmod:poss |
| 8 | lips | lip | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 9 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 12 turned | mark |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 figures | det |
| 11 | figures | figure | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 turned | nsubj |
| 12 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 lips | advcl |
| 13 | round | round | ADV | _ | 12 turned | advmod |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 appearance | cc |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 and | punct |
| 16 | through | through | ADP | _ | 21 appearance | case |
| 17 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 appearance | nmod:poss |
| 18 | odd | odd | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 appearance | amod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 odd | punct |
| 20 | foreign | foreign | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 appearance | amod |
| 21 | appearance | appearance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 turned | conj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 frightened | punct |
| 23 | frightened | frighten | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 21 appearance | acl |
| 24 | back | back | ADV | _ | 23 frightened | advmod |
| 25 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 26 expression | det |
| 26 | expression | expression | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 frightened | obj |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 anger | case |
| 28 | anger | anger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 expression | nmod |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 lips | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | a strong oath | Scharzfels's lips | Scharzfels nmod:poss | tree rules | |||
| 2 | turn round | past | the figures | figures's odd foreign appearance conj; round property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | frighten back | participle | figures's odd foreign appearance not said here | every expression of anger | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus expression=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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