Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 15, sentence 37
At last, after long years, she succeeded, by a subterranean way, in escaping from her father's dominions, as a full stream to spring into the light of day, and at a time when he, by the decree of an inscrutable destiny, had been attacked by a sort of torpor, she reached her old residence, the Nymph's lake, and was reunited to her faithful husband.
Who acts: cave, sort, inscrutable destiny · What happens: succeed, escape, spring, attack, reach, reunite · To what, where: dominions, light, Father, old residence, day, torpor
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 (cave, sort, inscrutable destiny), 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 2 last | case |
| 2 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 succeeded | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 last | punct |
| 4 | after | after | ADP | _ | 6 years | case |
| 5 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 years | amod |
| 6 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 last | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 succeeded | punct |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 succeeded | nsubj |
| 9 | succeeded | succeed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 way | punct |
| 11 | by | by | ADP | _ | 14 way | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 way | det |
| 13 | subterranean | subterranean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 way | amod |
| 14 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 succeeded | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 escaping | punct |
| 16 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 17 escaping | mark |
| 17 | escaping | escape | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 succeeded | advcl |
| 18 | from | from | ADP | _ | 22 dominions | case |
| 19 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 father | nmod:poss |
| 20 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 dominions | nmod:poss |
| 21 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 20 father | case |
| 22 | dominions | dominion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 escaping | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 stream | punct |
| 24 | as | as | ADP | _ | 27 stream | case |
| 25 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 stream | det |
| 26 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 stream | amod |
| 27 | stream | stream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 escaping | obl |
| 28 | to | to | PART | _ | 29 spring | mark |
| 29 | spring | spring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 stream | acl |
| 30 | into | into | ADP | _ | 32 light | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 light | det |
| 32 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 spring | obl |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 day | case |
| 34 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 light | nmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 61 reached | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 61 reached | cc |
| 37 | at | at | ADP | _ | 39 time | case |
| 38 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 39 time | det |
| 39 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 reached | obl |
| 40 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 53 attacked | advmod |
| 41 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 53 attacked | nsubj:pass |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 decree | punct |
| 43 | by | by | ADP | _ | 45 decree | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 decree | det |
| 45 | decree | decree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 he | appos |
| 46 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 destiny | case |
| 47 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 49 destiny | det |
| 48 | inscrutable | inscrutable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 destiny | amod |
| 49 | destiny | destiny | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 decree | nmod |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 decree | punct |
| 51 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 53 attacked | aux |
| 52 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 53 attacked | aux:pass |
| 53 | attacked | attack | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 39 time | acl:relcl |
| 54 | by | by | ADP | _ | 56 sort | case |
| 55 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 56 sort | det |
| 56 | sort | sort | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 attacked | obl |
| 57 | of | of | ADP | _ | 58 torpor | case |
| 58 | torpor | torpor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 sort | nmod |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 time | punct |
| 60 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 61 reached | nsubj |
| 61 | reached | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 succeeded | conj |
| 62 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 64 residence | nmod:poss |
| 63 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 64 residence | amod |
| 64 | residence | residence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 reached | obj |
| 65 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 69 lake | punct |
| 66 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 67 Nymph | det |
| 67 | Nymph | Nymph | PROPN | Number=Sing | 69 lake | nmod:poss |
| 68 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 67 Nymph | case |
| 69 | lake | lake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 residence | conj |
| 70 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 73 reunited | punct |
| 71 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 73 reunited | cc |
| 72 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 73 reunited | aux:pass |
| 73 | reunited | reunite | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 61 reached | conj |
| 74 | to | to | ADP | _ | 77 husband | case |
| 75 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 77 husband | nmod:poss |
| 76 | faithful | faithful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 77 husband | amod |
| 77 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 73 reunited | obl |
| 78 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 succeeded | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | succeed | past | cave | by a subterranean way | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | escape | gerund | cave not said here | cave's father's dominions | as a full stream | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from dominion=Initial_Location | |||
| 3 | spring | to-infinitive | cave not said here | the light of day | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into light=Destination | ||||
| 4 | attack | past · perfect · passive | a sort of torpor | Father | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | ||||
| 5 | reach | past | cave | cave's old residence and the Nymph's lake | time | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent residence=Theme | |||
| 6 | reunite | past · passive | cave not said here | to cave's faithful husband | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V» | ||||
| 7 | light | day | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 8 | decree | a inscrutable destiny | nom decree «communication intransitive»: of=agent | ||||||
| 9 | sort | torpor | nom sort «cognition 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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