Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 15, sentence 7
The hermit sent up a petition to the Almighty for strength and courage in the trying moment, released himself from their arms with a Samson strength, seized from one standing next him a wooden battle-axe, and thus addressed the bloodthirsty multitude:
Who acts: hermit · What happens: send up, try, release, seize, stand, address · To what, where: petition, Almighty, hermit, arms, Samson strength, wooden battle axe
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 (hermit), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 hermit | det |
| 2 | hermit | hermit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sent | nsubj |
| 3 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 sent | compound:prt |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 petition | det |
| 6 | petition | petition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sent | obj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 Almighty | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Almighty | det |
| 9 | Almighty | almighty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sent | obl |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 strength | case |
| 11 | strength | strength | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 Almighty | nmod |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 courage | cc |
| 13 | courage | courage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 strength | conj |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 moment | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 moment | det |
| 16 | trying | try | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 17 moment | amod |
| 17 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 courage | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 released | punct |
| 19 | released | release | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 sent | conj |
| 20 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 19 released | obj |
| 21 | from | from | ADP | _ | 23 arms | case |
| 22 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 arms | nmod:poss |
| 23 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 released | obl |
| 24 | with | with | ADP | _ | 27 strength | case |
| 25 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 strength | det |
| 26 | Samson | Samson | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 strength | compound |
| 27 | strength | strength | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 released | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 seized | punct |
| 29 | seized | seize | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 27 strength | acl |
| 30 | from | from | ADP | _ | 31 one | case |
| 31 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 29 seized | obl |
| 32 | standing | stand | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 29 seized | advcl |
| 33 | next | next | ADP | _ | 34 him | case |
| 34 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 standing | obl |
| 35 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 39 axe | det |
| 36 | wooden | wooden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 axe | amod |
| 37 | battle | battle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 axe | compound |
| 38 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 37 battle | punct |
| 39 | axe | axe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 standing | obl |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 addressed | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 addressed | cc |
| 42 | thus | thus | ADV | _ | 43 addressed | advmod |
| 43 | addressed | address | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 sent | parataxis |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 multitude | det |
| 45 | bloodthirsty | bloodthirsty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 multitude | amod |
| 46 | multitude | multitude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 addressed | obj |
| 47 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 43 addressed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send up | past | the hermit | a petition | the Almighty for strength and courage in the trying moment | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent petition=Theme to almighty=Destination | |||
| 2 | try | gerund | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 3 | release | past | the hermit not said here | hermit | strength's arms | with a Samson strength | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer himself=Source | ||
| 4 | seize | participle | a Samson strength not said here | from one | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from one=Source | ||||
| 5 | stand | gerund | a wooden battle axe | next hermit | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent next he=Location | ||||
| 6 | address | past | the bloodthirsty multitude | thus property | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent multitude=Destination |
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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