Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 15, sentence 35
But her love for Romar only increased, and her father in his insane rage seized the child, broke it in pieces on the rocks, cursed and swore because he could not take the same measures with his mother, created with a wave of his hand the cave, the Weingarten Höhle, banished her into it, and left her with a laugh of scorn.
Who acts: love, father, cave, child, scorn · What happens: increase, seize, break, curse, swear, not take · To what, where: child, love, pieces, rocks, same measures, wave
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 (love, father, cave, child), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 increased | cc |
| 2 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 love | nmod:poss |
| 3 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 increased | nsubj |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 Romar | case |
| 5 | Romar | Romar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 love | nmod |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 increased | advmod |
| 7 | increased | increase | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 seized | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 seized | cc |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 father | nmod:poss |
| 11 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 seized | nsubj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 rage | case |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 rage | nmod:poss |
| 14 | insane | insane | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 rage | amod |
| 15 | rage | rage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 father | nmod |
| 16 | seized | seize | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 increased | parataxis |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 child | det |
| 18 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 seized | obj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 broke | punct |
| 20 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 seized | conj |
| 21 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 broke | obj |
| 22 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 pieces | case |
| 23 | pieces | piece | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 broke | obl |
| 24 | on | on | ADP | _ | 26 rocks | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 rocks | det |
| 26 | rocks | rock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 broke | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 cursed | punct |
| 28 | cursed | curse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 26 rocks | acl |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 swore | cc |
| 30 | swore | swear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 cursed | conj |
| 31 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 35 take | mark |
| 32 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 take | nsubj |
| 33 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 35 take | aux |
| 34 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 35 take | advmod |
| 35 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 swore | ccomp |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 measures | det |
| 37 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 measures | amod |
| 38 | measures | measure | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 take | obj |
| 39 | with | with | ADP | _ | 41 mother | case |
| 40 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 mother | nmod:poss |
| 41 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 measures | nmod |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 created | punct |
| 43 | created | create | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 38 measures | acl |
| 44 | with | with | ADP | _ | 46 wave | case |
| 45 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 46 wave | det |
| 46 | wave | wave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 created | obl |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 hand | case |
| 48 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 hand | nmod:poss |
| 49 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 wave | nmod |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 cave | det |
| 51 | cave | cave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 banished | nsubj |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 Höhle | punct |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 Höhle | det |
| 54 | Weingarten | Weingarten | PROPN | Number=Sing | 55 Höhle | compound |
| 55 | Höhle | Höhle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 51 cave | appos |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 Höhle | punct |
| 57 | banished | banish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 49 hand | acl:relcl |
| 58 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 57 banished | obj |
| 59 | into | into | ADP | _ | 60 it | case |
| 60 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 57 banished | obl |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 63 left | punct |
| 62 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 63 left | cc |
| 63 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 increased | conj |
| 64 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 63 left | obj |
| 65 | with | with | ADP | _ | 67 laugh | case |
| 66 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 67 laugh | det |
| 67 | laugh | laugh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 left | obl |
| 68 | of | of | ADP | _ | 69 scorn | case |
| 69 | scorn | scorn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 laugh | nmod |
| 70 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 increased | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | increase | past | child's love for Romar | vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | seize | past | child's father in Father's insane rage | the child | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme | ||||
| 3 | break | past | child's father in Father's insane rage not said here | love | pieces | on the rocks | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Patient | ||
| 4 | curse | participle | the rocks not said here | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | swear | past | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||||
| 6 | not take | could | Father | the same measures | with Father's mother | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent measure=Theme | |||
| 7 | create | participle | the same measures not said here | with a wave of Father's hand | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 8 | banish | past | the cave | child | wave | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | |||
| 9 | leave | past | child's love for Romar not said here | child | with a laugh of scorn | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Recipient with laugh=Theme | |||
| 10 | love | child | for Romar | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent for=obl | |||||
| 11 | rage | Father | nom rage «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 12 | wave | Father's hand | nom wave «event transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 13 | laugh | scorn | nom laugh «communication intransitive»: of=agent |
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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