Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 14, sentence 62
In the anguish of his spirit he said the Creed, the Lord's Prayer, the _Ave Maria_, prayers for storms, and all the others he could think of, all mingled in the wildest confusion, like one who had taken leave of his senses.
Who acts: One, others, spirit · What happens: say, think, mingle, take, anguish · To what, where: Creed, anguish, all, wildest confusion, leave · Speech: someone speaks here
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, others, spirit), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 anguish | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 anguish | det |
| 3 | anguish | anguish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 said | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 spirit | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 spirit | nmod:poss |
| 6 | spirit | spirit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 anguish | nmod |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 said | nsubj |
| 8 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Creed | det |
| 10 | Creed | Creed | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 said | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 Prayer | punct |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Lord | det |
| 13 | Lord | Lord | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 Prayer | nmod:poss |
| 14 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 13 Lord | case |
| 15 | Prayer | Prayer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Creed | conj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 Ave | punct |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 Ave | det |
| 18 | _ | _ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 Ave | compound |
| 19 | Ave | Ave | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Creed | conj |
| 20 | Maria | Maria | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 Ave | flat |
| 21 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 10 Creed | punct |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 prayers | punct |
| 23 | prayers | prayer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 said | obl |
| 24 | for | for | ADP | _ | 25 storms | case |
| 25 | storms | storm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 prayers | nmod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 think | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 think | cc |
| 28 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 30 others | det:predet |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 others | det |
| 30 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 think | nsubj |
| 31 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 think | nsubj |
| 32 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 33 think | aux |
| 33 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 said | conj |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 think | obl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 mingled | punct |
| 36 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 37 mingled | nsubj:pass |
| 37 | mingled | mingle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 33 think | ccomp |
| 38 | in | in | ADP | _ | 41 confusion | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 confusion | det |
| 40 | wildest | wild | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 41 confusion | amod |
| 41 | confusion | confusion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 mingled | obl |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 one | punct |
| 43 | like | like | ADP | _ | 44 one | case |
| 44 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 37 mingled | parataxis |
| 45 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 47 taken | nsubj |
| 46 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 47 taken | aux |
| 47 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 44 one | acl:relcl |
| 48 | leave | leave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 taken | obj |
| 49 | of | of | ADP | _ | 51 senses | case |
| 50 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 51 senses | nmod:poss |
| 51 | senses | sens | NOUN | Number=Plur | 48 leave | nmod |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | One | the Creed and the Lord's Prayer and the _ Ave | the anguish of One's spirit | prayers for storms obl | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent creed=Theme in anguish=Manner | ||
| 2 | think speech: other | could | all others | One nsubj | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||
| 3 | mingle | participle · passive | all | the wildest confusion | one parataxis | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||
| 4 | take | past · perfect | leave of One's senses | who nsubj | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leave=Theme | ||||
| 5 | anguish | One's spirit | nom anguish «feeling intransitive»: of=agent |
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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