Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 14, sentence 66

Behind and among the shrubbery and trees he could see all sorts of marble figures; goat-footed heathen gods, making awful faces; small hump-backed dwarfs with cocked hats; hunters with puffed-out cheeks blowing the horn; ladies with farthingales and horse-heads; urns around which salamanders, dragons, and other poisonous worms, with open jaws and red tongues, dragged their slimy lengths; and many other indescribable, diabolical objects.

Who acts: man, goat footed heathen gods, puffed out cheeks · What happens: see, make, back, puff, blow, drag · To what, where: sorts, awful faces, horn, slimy lengths, marble figures

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 (man, goat footed heathen gods, puffed out cheeks), 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	Behind	behind	ADP	_	10 see	mark
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 see	cc
3	among	among	ADP	_	5 shrubbery	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 shrubbery	det
5	shrubbery	shrubbery	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 see	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 trees	cc
7	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 shrubbery	conj
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 see	nsubj
9	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 see	aux
10	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 sorts	det
12	sorts	sort	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 see	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 figures	case
14	marble	marble	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 figures	compound
15	figures	figure	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 sorts	nmod
16	;	;	PUNCT	_	21 gods	punct
17	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 gods	compound
18	-	-	PUNCT	_	17 goat	punct
19	footed	footed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 gods	amod
20	heathen	heathen	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 gods	compound
21	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 see	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 making	punct
23	making	make	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	21 gods	acl
24	awful	awful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 faces	amod
25	faces	face	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 making	obj
26	;	;	PUNCT	_	31 dwarfs	punct
27	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 dwarfs	amod
28	hump	hump	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 backed	compound
29	-	-	PUNCT	_	28 hump	punct
30	backed	back	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	31 dwarfs	amod
31	dwarfs	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 gods	conj
32	with	with	ADP	_	34 hats	case
33	cocked	cocked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 hats	amod
34	hats	hat	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 dwarfs	nmod
35	;	;	PUNCT	_	36 hunters	punct
36	hunters	hunter	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 dwarfs	conj
37	with	with	ADP	_	41 cheeks	case
38	puffed	puff	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	41 cheeks	amod
39	-	-	PUNCT	_	38 puffed	punct
40	out	out	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 cheeks	compound
41	cheeks	cheek	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 hunters	nmod
42	blowing	blow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	41 cheeks	acl
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 horn	det
44	horn	horn	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 blowing	obj
45	;	;	PUNCT	_	46 ladies	punct
46	ladies	lady	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 dwarfs	conj
47	with	with	ADP	_	48 farthingales	case
48	farthingales	farthingale	NOUN	Number=Plur	46 ladies	nmod
49	and	and	CCONJ	_	52 heads	cc
50	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 heads	compound
51	-	-	PUNCT	_	50 horse	punct
52	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	46 ladies	conj
53	;	;	PUNCT	_	54 urns	punct
54	urns	urn	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 dwarfs	conj
55	around	around	ADP	_	56 which	case
56	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	57 salamanders	det
57	salamanders	salamander	NOUN	Number=Plur	54 urns	conj
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 dragons	punct
59	dragons	dragon	NOUN	Number=Plur	54 urns	conj
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 worms	punct
61	and	and	CCONJ	_	64 worms	cc
62	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	64 worms	amod
63	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	64 worms	amod
64	worms	worm	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 dwarfs	conj
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	68 jaws	punct
66	with	with	ADP	_	68 jaws	case
67	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	68 jaws	amod
68	jaws	jaw	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 dwarfs	conj
69	and	and	CCONJ	_	71 tongues	cc
70	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	71 tongues	amod
71	tongues	tongue	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 dwarfs	conj
72	,	,	PUNCT	_	73 dragged	punct
73	dragged	drag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 dwarfs	conj
74	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	76 lengths	nmod:poss
75	slimy	slimy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	76 lengths	amod
76	lengths	length	NOUN	Number=Plur	73 dragged	obj
77	;	;	PUNCT	_	84 objects	punct
78	and	and	CCONJ	_	84 objects	cc
79	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	84 objects	amod
80	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	84 objects	amod
81	indescribable	indescribable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	84 objects	amod
82	,	,	PUNCT	_	81 indescribable	punct
83	diabolical	diabolical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	84 objects	amod
84	objects	object	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 dwarfs	conj
85	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 see	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	see	could	man	all sorts of marble figures	among the shrubbery and trees; goat footed heathen gods and small backed dwarfs with cocked hats and hunters with puffed out cheeks and ladies with farthingales and horse heads and urns and which salamanders and dragons and other poisonous worms and open jaws and red tongues and many other indescribable diabolical objects obl	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sort=Stimulus
2	make	gerund	goat footed heathen gods and small backed dwarfs with cocked hats and hunters with puffed out cheeks and ladies with farthingales and horse heads and urns and which salamanders and dragons and other poisonous worms and open jaws and red tongues and many other indescribable diabolical objects not said here	awful faces		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset face=Product
3	back	participle			hump compound	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	puff	participle				vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source
5	blow	gerund	puffed out cheeks not said here	the horn		vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent horn=Patient
6	drag	past	man not said here	tongues's slimy lengths		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent length=Theme
7	sort			marble figures		nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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 66

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Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 14, sentence 66