Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 14, sentence 88
After some conversation, the eldest of the three said: "You have known us many years, and are aware that we went frequently to Scharzfels to search for metals and stones, which you stupid Germans do not prize, but which are, notwithstanding, of great value.
Who acts: eldest, we, stupid Germans · What happens: say, know, be, go, search, not prize · To what, where: You, Scharzfels, metals · 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 (eldest, we, stupid Germans), 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 | After | after | ADP | _ | 3 conversation | case |
| 2 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 3 conversation | det |
| 3 | conversation | conversation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 said | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 conversation | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 eldest | det |
| 6 | eldest | eld | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 10 said | nsubj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 three | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 three | det |
| 9 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 eldest | nmod |
| 10 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 15 known | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 known | punct |
| 13 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 15 known | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 known | aux |
| 15 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 said | ccomp |
| 16 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 known | obj |
| 17 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 years | amod |
| 18 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 known | obl:unmarked |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 aware | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 aware | cc |
| 21 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 aware | cop |
| 22 | aware | aware | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 said | ccomp |
| 23 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 25 went | mark |
| 24 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 25 went | nsubj |
| 25 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 aware | ccomp |
| 26 | frequently | frequently | ADV | _ | 25 went | advmod |
| 27 | to | to | ADP | _ | 28 Scharzfels | case |
| 28 | Scharzfels | Scharzfels | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 went | obl |
| 29 | to | to | PART | _ | 30 search | mark |
| 30 | search | search | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 went | advcl |
| 31 | for | for | ADP | _ | 32 metals | case |
| 32 | metals | metal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 search | obj |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 stones | cc |
| 34 | stones | stone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 metals | conj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 prize | punct |
| 36 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 42 prize | obj |
| 37 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 39 Germans | nsubj |
| 38 | stupid | stupid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 Germans | amod |
| 39 | Germans | German | PROPN | Number=Plur | 42 prize | nsubj |
| 40 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 42 prize | aux |
| 41 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 42 prize | advmod |
| 42 | prize | prize | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 32 metals | parataxis |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 notwithstanding | punct |
| 44 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 48 notwithstanding | cc |
| 45 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 48 notwithstanding | nsubj |
| 46 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 48 notwithstanding | aux |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 notwithstanding | punct |
| 48 | notwithstanding | notwithstand | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 said | advcl |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 value | punct |
| 50 | of | of | ADP | _ | 52 value | case |
| 51 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 value | amod |
| 52 | value | value | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 notwithstanding | conj |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the eldest of the three | after some conversation | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | know in a quote | present · perfect · passive | You | year | us obj | tree rules | |||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | aware property | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | go in a quote | past | we | Scharzfels | frequently property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to scharzfels=Initial_Location | |||
| 5 | search in a quote | to-infinitive | we not said here | metals and stones | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent metal=Location | ||||
| 6 | not prize in a quote | present · do-support | stupid Germans you | metals and stones | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus | ||||
| 7 | notwithstand in a quote | present · progressive | which nsubj; great value conj | tree rules |
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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