Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 15, sentence 4
At first they heard quietly his earnest words; but as he began to condemn the gods so dear to them, and challenged them to break in pieces their idols, and turn to the worship of the only true God, their rage kindled.
Who acts: tops, stranger, rage, only true God · What happens: hear, begin, condemn, challenge, break, turn · To what, where: earnest words, gods, tops, pieces, worship
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 (tops, stranger, rage, only true God), 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 first | case |
| 2 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 heard | obl |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 heard | nsubj |
| 4 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | quietly | quietly | ADV | _ | 4 heard | advmod |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 words | nmod:poss |
| 7 | earnest | earn | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 8 words | amod |
| 8 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 heard | obj |
| 9 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 13 began | punct |
| 10 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 13 began | cc |
| 11 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 13 began | mark |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 began | nsubj |
| 13 | began | begin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 heard | conj |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 condemn | mark |
| 15 | condemn | condemn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 began | xcomp |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 gods | det |
| 17 | gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 condemn | obj |
| 18 | so | so | ADV | _ | 19 dear | advmod |
| 19 | dear | dear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 condemn | xcomp |
| 20 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 them | case |
| 21 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 dear | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 challenged | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 challenged | cc |
| 24 | challenged | challenge | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 heard | conj |
| 25 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 challenged | obj |
| 26 | to | to | PART | _ | 27 break | mark |
| 27 | break | break | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 challenged | xcomp |
| 28 | in | in | ADP | _ | 29 pieces | case |
| 29 | pieces | piece | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 break | obl |
| 30 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 idols | nmod:poss |
| 31 | idols | idol | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 pieces | conj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 turn | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 turn | cc |
| 34 | turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 heard | conj |
| 35 | to | to | ADP | _ | 37 worship | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 worship | det |
| 37 | worship | worship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 turn | obl |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 God | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 God | det |
| 40 | only | only | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 God | amod |
| 41 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 God | amod |
| 42 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 worship | nmod |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 kindled | punct |
| 44 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 45 rage | nmod:poss |
| 45 | rage | rage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 kindled | nsubj |
| 46 | kindled | kindle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 turn | conj |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 heard | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | past | tops = top | stranger's earnest words | quietly property | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | begin | past | stranger | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | condemn | to-infinitive | stranger not said here | the gods | dear property | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=Theme | |||
| 4 | challenge | past | tops = top not said here | tops = top | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | break | to-infinitive | tops = top not said here | pieces and tops's idols | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in piece=Location | ||||
| 6 | turn | infinitive | tops = top not said here | the worship of the only true God | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to worship=Trajectory | ||||
| 7 | kindle | past | tops's rage | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 8 | word | stranger | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 9 | worship | the only true God | nom worship «act intransitive»: of=agent | ||||||
| 10 | rage | tops = top | nom rage «feeling intransitive»: poss=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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