Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 15, sentence 109
Jutta was the daughter of a noble whose Schloss lay near Leesen, and Ernst the son of an old warrior, who, after having fought many a battle in his youth and won many honours, now poor, weak from wounds, and forgotten by the world, had retired into solitude, to spend the remainder of his days in memories of his active life, and in the education of his only son.
Who acts: Jutta, Schloss, old warrior, daughter · What happens: be, lie, have, fight, win, forget · To what, where: daughter, Leesen, many battle, youth, many honours, solitude
This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 15. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Jutta, Schloss, old warrior, daughter), 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 | Jutta | Jutta | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 daughter | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 daughter | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 daughter | det |
| 4 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 fought | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 noble | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 noble | det |
| 7 | noble | noble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 daughter | nmod |
| 8 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 9 Schloss | nmod:poss |
| 9 | Schloss | schloss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 lay | nsubj |
| 10 | lay | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 noble | acl:relcl |
| 11 | near | near | ADP | _ | 12 Leesen | case |
| 12 | Leesen | Leesen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 lay | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 son | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 son | cc |
| 15 | Ernst | Ernst | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 son | compound |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 son | det |
| 17 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 daughter | conj |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 warrior | case |
| 19 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 warrior | det |
| 20 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 warrior | amod |
| 21 | warrior | warrior | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 son | nmod |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 having | punct |
| 23 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 26 having | nsubj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 having | punct |
| 25 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 26 having | mark |
| 26 | having | have | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 21 warrior | conj |
| 27 | fought | fight | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 28 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 battle | amod |
| 29 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 battle | det |
| 30 | battle | battle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 fought | obj |
| 31 | in | in | ADP | _ | 33 youth | case |
| 32 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 youth | nmod:poss |
| 33 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 fought | obl |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 won | cc |
| 35 | won | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 fought | conj |
| 36 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 honours | amod |
| 37 | honours | honour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 won | obj |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 poor | punct |
| 39 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 40 poor | advmod |
| 40 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 honours | amod |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 weak | punct |
| 42 | weak | weak | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 poor | conj |
| 43 | from | from | ADP | _ | 44 wounds | case |
| 44 | wounds | wound | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 weak | obl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 forgotten | punct |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 forgotten | cc |
| 47 | forgotten | forget | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 27 fought | parataxis |
| 48 | by | by | ADP | _ | 50 world | case |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 world | det |
| 50 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 forgotten | obl |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 retired | punct |
| 52 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 53 retired | aux |
| 53 | retired | retire | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 47 forgotten | parataxis |
| 54 | into | into | ADP | _ | 55 solitude | case |
| 55 | solitude | solitude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 retired | obl |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 spend | punct |
| 57 | to | to | PART | _ | 58 spend | mark |
| 58 | spend | spend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 53 retired | conj |
| 59 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 remainder | det |
| 60 | remainder | remainder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 spend | obj |
| 61 | of | of | ADP | _ | 63 days | case |
| 62 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 63 days | nmod:poss |
| 63 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 60 remainder | nmod |
| 64 | in | in | ADP | _ | 65 memories | case |
| 65 | memories | memory | NOUN | Number=Plur | 58 spend | obl |
| 66 | of | of | ADP | _ | 69 life | case |
| 67 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 69 life | nmod:poss |
| 68 | active | active | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 69 life | amod |
| 69 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 memories | nmod |
| 70 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 74 education | punct |
| 71 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 74 education | cc |
| 72 | in | in | ADP | _ | 74 education | case |
| 73 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 74 education | det |
| 74 | education | education | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 fought | parataxis |
| 75 | of | of | ADP | _ | 78 son | case |
| 76 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 78 son | nmod:poss |
| 77 | only | only | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 78 son | amod |
| 78 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 74 education | nmod |
| 79 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 27 fought | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Jutta | the daughter and the Ernst son of a old warrior | of a noble; the Ernst son of a old warrior conj | tree rules | |||
| 2 | lie | past | Schloss | Leesen | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent near leesen=Location | ||||
| 3 | have | gerund | a old warrior | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | fight | past | the daughter and the Ernst son of a old warrior | a many battle | Schloss's youth | the education of Schloss's only son parataxis | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battle=Co-Agent | ||
| 5 | win | past | the daughter and the Ernst son of a old warrior not said here | many honours | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent honour=Eventuality | ||||
| 6 | forget | participle | by the world | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | retire | past · perfect | solitude | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 8 | spend | to-infinitive | the remainder of Schloss's days | memories of Schloss's active life | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remainder=Asset | ||||
| 9 | educate | Schloss's only son | nom education «act 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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