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Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 15, sentence 11

And the hearts of the wild Sassen[3] were opened; with one mind they sank on their knees in reverence and adoration before the God of the white-headed old man who had received the power to work such a miracle.

Who acts: hearts, headed old man · What happens: open, sink, receive, work · To what, where: hearts, knees, power, miracle

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 (hearts, headed old man), 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

ccdetnsubj:passcasedetnmodnmodpunctappospunctaux:passpunctcasenummodoblnsubjadvclcasenmod:possoblcaseoblccconjcasedetoblcasedetamodpunctamodamodnmodnsubjauxacl:relcldetobjmarkacldet:predetdetobjpunctrootAndCCONJtheDETheartsNOUNofADPtheDETwildNOUNSassenPROPN[PUNCT3NUM]PUNCTwereAUXopenedVERB;PUNCTwithADPoneNUMmindNOUNtheyPRONsankVERBonADPtheirPRONkneesNOUNinADPreverenceNOUNandCCONJadorationNOUNbeforeADPtheDETGodPROPNofADPtheDETwhiteADJ-PUNCTheadedADJoldADJmanNOUNwhoPRONhadAUXreceivedVERBtheDETpowerNOUNtoPARTworkVERBsuchDETaDETmiracleNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AndandCCONJ_12 openedcc
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 heartsdet
3heartsheartNOUNNumber=Plur12 openednsubj:pass
4ofofADP_6 wildcase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 wilddet
6wildwildNOUNNumber=Sing3 heartsnmod
7SassenSassenPROPNNumber=Sing3 heartsnmod
8[[PUNCT_9 3punct
933NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card7 Sassenappos
10]]PUNCT_9 3punct
11werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin12 openedaux:pass
12openedopenVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
13;;PUNCT_18 sankpunct
14withwithADP_16 mindcase
15oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card16 mindnummod
16mindmindNOUNNumber=Sing18 sankobl
17theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs18 sanknsubj
18sanksinkVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin12 openedadvcl
19ononADP_21 kneescase
20theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs21 kneesnmod:poss
21kneeskneeNOUNNumber=Plur18 sankobl
22ininADP_23 reverencecase
23reverencereverenceNOUNNumber=Sing18 sankobl
24andandCCONJ_25 adorationcc
25adorationadorationNOUNNumber=Sing23 reverenceconj
26beforebeforeADP_28 Godcase
27thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art28 Goddet
28GodGodPROPNNumber=Sing18 sankobl
29ofofADP_35 mancase
30thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art35 mandet
31whitewhiteADJDegree=Pos33 headedamod
32--PUNCT_31 whitepunct
33headedheadedADJDegree=Pos35 manamod
34oldoldADJDegree=Pos35 manamod
35manmanNOUNNumber=Sing28 Godnmod
36whowhoPRONPronType=Rel38 receivednsubj
37hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin38 receivedaux
38receivedreceiveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part35 manacl:relcl
39thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art40 powerdet
40powerpowerNOUNNumber=Sing38 receivedobj
41totoPART_42 workmark
42workworkVERBVerbForm=Inf40 poweracl
43suchsuchDETPronType=Ind45 miracledet:predet
44aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art45 miracledet
45miraclemiracleNOUNNumber=Sing42 workobj
46..PUNCT_12 openedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1openpast · passivethe hearts of the wild Sassenvn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
2sinkpasthearts = hearthearts's kneesbefore the God of the headed old manwith one mind; in reverence and adorationvn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with mind=Instrument
3receivepast · perfectthe headed old manthe powervn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Theme
4workto-infinitivethe headed old man not said heresuch miraclevn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent miracle=Material

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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