Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 15, sentence 13

They vowed to a man henceforth to forsake the worship of Krodo, to remain true to the new faith, followed the venerable hermit to the banks of the Oder, and were baptized into Christ's death and resurrection, and from every side the people flocked to hear the words of the apostle.

Who acts: birds, people, Krodo, Christ · What happens: vow, forsake, remain, follow, baptize, flock · To what, where: worship, venerable hermit, banks, death, side, words

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 (birds, people, Krodo, Christ), 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	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 vowed	nsubj
2	vowed	vow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 man	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 man	det
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 vowed	obl
6	henceforth	henceforth	ADV	_	8 forsake	advmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 forsake	mark
8	forsake	forsake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 vowed	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 worship	det
10	worship	worship	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 forsake	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 Krodo	case
12	Krodo	Krodo	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 worship	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 remain	punct
14	to	to	PART	_	15 remain	mark
15	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 forsake	conj
16	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 remain	xcomp
17	to	to	ADP	_	20 faith	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 faith	det
19	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 faith	amod
20	faith	faith	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 true	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 followed	punct
22	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 vowed	conj
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 hermit	det
24	venerable	venerable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 hermit	amod
25	hermit	hermit	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 followed	obj
26	to	to	ADP	_	28 banks	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 banks	det
28	banks	bank	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 followed	obl
29	of	of	ADP	_	31 Oder	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 Oder	det
31	Oder	Oder	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 banks	nmod
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 baptized	punct
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 baptized	cc
34	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 baptized	aux:pass
35	baptized	baptize	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 vowed	conj
36	into	into	ADP	_	39 death	case
37	Christ	Christ	PROPN	Number=Sing	39 death	nmod:poss
38	's	's	PART	_	37 Christ	case
39	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 baptized	obl
40	and	and	CCONJ	_	41 resurrection	cc
41	resurrection	resurrection	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 death	conj
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 flocked	punct
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	49 flocked	cc
44	from	from	ADP	_	46 side	case
45	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	46 side	det
46	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 flocked	obl
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 people	det
48	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	49 flocked	nsubj
49	flocked	flock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 vowed	conj
50	to	to	PART	_	51 hear	mark
51	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	49 flocked	xcomp
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 words	det
53	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	51 hear	obj
54	of	of	ADP	_	56 apostle	case
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 apostle	det
56	apostle	apostle	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 words	nmod
57	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 vowed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	vow	past	birds = bird			to a man	tree rules
2	forsake	to-infinitive	birds = bird not said here	the worship of Krodo		henceforth property	tree rules
3	remain	to-infinitive	birds = bird not said here			true property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	follow	past	birds = bird not said here	the venerable hermit	the banks of the Oder		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hermit=Theme to bank=Trajectory
5	baptize	past · passive	birds = bird not said here		Christ's death and resurrection		vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»
6	flock	past	the people		every side		tree rules
7	hear	to-infinitive	the people not said here	the words of the apostle			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus
8	worship		Krodo				nom worship «act intransitive»: of=agent
9	die		Christ				nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent
10	word			the apostle			nom word «communication 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 15, sentence 13