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Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 14, sentence 87

After he had expressed his astonishment at the way he had been introduced into the castle, the forester, in reply to the question as to what object he should prefer if permitted to choose, said he would unhesitatingly select the stag with his beautiful antlers.

Who acts: piece, way, object · What happens: express, introduce, prefer, permit, choose, say · To what, where: astonishment, way, piece, castle, stag · 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 (piece, way, object), 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

marknsubjauxadvclnmod:possobjcasedetoblnsubj:passauxaux:passacl:relclcasedetoblpunctdetconjpunctcaseparataxiscasedetnmodcasefixednmodnsubjnsubjauxacl:relclmarkxcompmarkxcomppunctnsubjauxadvmodccompdetobjcasenmod:possamodoblpunctrootAfterSCONJhePRONhadAUXexpressedVERBhisPRONastonishmentNOUNatADPtheDETwayNOUNhePRONhadAUXbeenAUXintroducedVERBintoADPtheDETcastleNOUN,PUNCTtheDETforesterNOUN,PUNCTinADPreplyNOUNtoADPtheDETquestionNOUNasADPtoADPwhatPRONobjectNOUNhePRONshouldAUXpreferVERBifSCONJpermittedVERBtoPARTchooseVERB,PUNCTsaidVERBhePRONwouldAUXunhesitatinglyADVselectVERBtheDETstagNOUNwithADPhisPRONbeautifulADJantlersNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AfterafterSCONJ_4 expressedmark
2hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 expressednsubj
3hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 expressedaux
4expressedexpressVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part38 saidadvcl
5hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs6 astonishmentnmod:poss
6astonishmentastonishmentNOUNNumber=Sing4 expressedobj
7atatADP_9 waycase
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 waydet
9waywayNOUNNumber=Sing4 expressedobl
10hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs13 introducednsubj:pass
11hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin13 introducedaux
12beenbeAUXTense=Past VerbForm=Part13 introducedaux:pass
13introducedintroduceVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass9 wayacl:relcl
14intointoADP_16 castlecase
15thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art16 castledet
16castlecastleNOUNNumber=Sing13 introducedobl
17,,PUNCT_19 foresterpunct
18thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 foresterdet
19foresterforesterNOUNNumber=Sing16 castleconj
20,,PUNCT_22 replypunct
21ininADP_22 replycase
22replyreplyNOUNNumber=Sing4 expressedparataxis
23totoADP_25 questioncase
24thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art25 questiondet
25questionquestionNOUNNumber=Sing22 replynmod
26asasADPExtPos=ADP28 whatcase
27totoADP_26 asfixed
28whatwhatPRONPronType=Rel22 replynmod
29objectobjectNOUNNumber=Sing32 prefernsubj
30hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs32 prefernsubj
31shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin32 preferaux
32preferpreferVERBVerbForm=Inf28 whatacl:relcl
33ififSCONJ_34 permittedmark
34permittedpermitVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass32 preferxcomp
35totoPART_36 choosemark
36choosechooseVERBVerbForm=Inf34 permittedxcomp
37,,PUNCT_4 expressedpunct
38saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
39hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs42 selectnsubj
40wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin42 selectaux
41unhesitatinglyunhesitatinglyADV_42 selectadvmod
42selectselectVERBVerbForm=Inf38 saidccomp
43thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art44 stagdet
44stagstagNOUNNumber=Sing42 selectobj
45withwithADP_48 antlerscase
46hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs48 antlersnmod:poss
47beautifulbeautifulADJDegree=Pos48 antlersamod
48antlersantlerNOUNNumber=Plur42 selectobl
49..PUNCT_38 saidpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1expresspast · perfectpiecepiece's astonishmentthe wayreply to the question parataxisvn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent astonishment=Theme
2introducepast · perfect · passivethe way not said herepiecethe castle and the forestervn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3prefershouldobjectpiece nsubjvn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4permit a condition, not said to happenparticipleobject not said herevn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer clause=Eventuality
5choose not said to happento-infinitiveobject not said herevn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
6say speech: assertpastvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
7selectwouldpiecethe stagwith piece's beautiful antlers; unhesitatingly propertyvn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stag=Theme
8astonishpiecenom astonishment «feeling transitive»: poss=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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