Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 14, sentence 54

One of the strangers replied to this address mildly, regretted that they certainly had caused a little damage, but that was unfortunately not to be prevented, since they sought just on this very spot certain stones which were absolutely necessary to them, and that they were come from a great distance to make the search.

Who acts: One, strangers, spot · What happens: reply, regret, cause, not prevent, seek, be · To what, where: strangers, that, spot, search

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 (One, strangers, spot), 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	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 replied	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 strangers	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 strangers	det
4	strangers	stranger	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 replied	obl
5	replied	reply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 address	case
7	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 address	det
8	address	address	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 replied	obl
9	mildly	mildly	ADV	_	5 replied	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 regretted	punct
11	regretted	regret	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 replied	conj
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 caused	mark
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 caused	nsubj:pass
14	certainly	certainly	ADV	_	16 caused	advmod
15	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 caused	aux
16	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 regretted	parataxis
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 damage	det
18	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 damage	amod
19	damage	damage	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 caused	obj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 prevented	punct
21	but	but	CCONJ	_	28 prevented	cc
22	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	28 prevented	nsubj:pass
23	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 prevented	aux:pass
24	unfortunately	unfortunately	ADV	_	28 prevented	advmod
25	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	28 prevented	advmod
26	to	to	PART	_	28 prevented	mark
27	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	28 prevented	aux:pass
28	prevented	prevent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 caused	conj
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 sought	punct
30	since	since	SCONJ	_	32 sought	mark
31	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 sought	nsubj
32	sought	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 prevented	parataxis
33	just	just	ADV	_	37 spot	advmod
34	on	on	ADP	_	37 spot	case
35	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	37 spot	det
36	very	very	ADV	_	37 spot	advmod
37	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 sought	obj
38	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 stones	amod
39	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 spot	conj
40	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	43 necessary	nsubj
41	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	43 necessary	cop
42	absolutely	absolutely	ADV	_	43 necessary	advmod
43	necessary	necessary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 spot	acl:relcl
44	to	to	ADP	_	45 them	case
45	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 necessary	obl
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 come	punct
47	and	and	CCONJ	_	51 come	cc
48	that	that	SCONJ	_	51 come	mark
49	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 come	nsubj
50	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	51 come	aux:pass
51	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	32 sought	conj
52	from	from	ADP	_	55 distance	case
53	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	55 distance	det
54	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 distance	amod
55	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 come	obl
56	to	to	PART	_	57 make	mark
57	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	51 come	advcl
58	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 search	det
59	search	search	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 make	obj
60	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 replied	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	reply speech: assert	past	One			of the strangers; to this address; mildly property	vn respond-113 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to address=Theme
2	regret	past	One not said here				vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer
3	cause	past · perfect · passive		strangers = stranger		a little damage obj; certainly property	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Theme damage=Eventuality
4	not prevent	past · passive		that		unfortunately property	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
5	seek	past	strangers = stranger	this spot and certain stones			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spot=Theme
6	is	past	this spot and certain stones		strangers = stranger	absolutely, necessary property	tree rules
7	come	past · passive		strangers = stranger		from a great distance	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
8	make	to-infinitive		the search			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset search=Product

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 14, sentence 54