Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 15, sentence 33
A wave of his hand called whole troops of well-armed dwarfs together, who were commanded to lead away mother and child; while others so maltreated Romar, that he only escaped covered with wounds to the Giant Castle.
Who acts: others, Romar · What happens: call, command, lead away, maltreat, escape, cover · To what, where: wave, mother, Romar, hand · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (others, Romar), 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 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 wave | det |
| 2 | wave | wave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 called | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 hand | case |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 hand | nmod:poss |
| 5 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wave | nmod |
| 6 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 troops | amod |
| 8 | troops | troops | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 6 called | xcomp |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 dwarfs | case |
| 10 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 12 armed | advmod |
| 11 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 well | punct |
| 12 | armed | armed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 dwarfs | amod |
| 13 | dwarfs | dwarf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 troops | nmod |
| 14 | together | together | ADV | _ | 6 called | advmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 commanded | punct |
| 16 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 commanded | nsubj |
| 17 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 commanded | aux:pass |
| 18 | commanded | command | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 called | conj |
| 19 | to | to | PART | _ | 20 lead | mark |
| 20 | lead | lead | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 commanded | advcl |
| 21 | away | away | ADV | _ | 20 lead | advmod |
| 22 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 lead | obj |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 child | cc |
| 24 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 mother | conj |
| 25 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 29 maltreated | punct |
| 26 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 29 maltreated | mark |
| 27 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 maltreated | nsubj |
| 28 | so | so | ADV | _ | 29 maltreated | advmod |
| 29 | maltreated | maltreat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 commanded | conj |
| 30 | Romar | Romar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 maltreated | obj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 escaped | punct |
| 32 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 35 escaped | mark |
| 33 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 escaped | nsubj |
| 34 | only | only | ADV | _ | 35 escaped | advmod |
| 35 | escaped | escape | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 maltreated | conj |
| 36 | covered | cover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 35 escaped | xcomp |
| 37 | with | with | ADP | _ | 38 wounds | case |
| 38 | wounds | wound | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 covered | obl |
| 39 | to | to | ADP | _ | 42 Castle | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 Castle | det |
| 41 | Giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 Castle | amod |
| 42 | Castle | Castle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 wounds | nmod |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 called | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | participle · passive | a wave of Father's hand | whole troops of armed dwarfs xcomp; together property | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | command | past · passive | who nsubj | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 3 | lead away | to-infinitive | mother and child | away property | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mother=Theme | ||||
| 4 | maltreat | past | others | Romar | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | escape | past | Romar | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | cover | participle | Romar not said here | with wounds to the Giant Castle | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with wound=Theme | ||||
| 7 | wave | Father's hand | nom wave «event 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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