Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 16, sentence 24
But now a rich earl sought Jutta's hand, and the lord of the Felsenburg promised this suitor his daughter, because his debts were so great that only a wealthy son-in-law could save his estates.
Who acts: rich earl, lord, debts, wealthy son · What happens: seek, promise, be, save · To what, where: hand, suitor, daughter, estates
This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 16. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (rich earl, lord, debts, wealthy son), 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 | _ | 6 sought | cc |
| 2 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 sought | advmod |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 earl | det |
| 4 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 earl | amod |
| 5 | earl | earl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sought | nsubj |
| 6 | sought | seek | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | Jutta | Jutta | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 hand | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 Jutta | case |
| 9 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sought | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 promised | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 promised | cc |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 lord | det |
| 13 | lord | lord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 promised | nsubj |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 Felsenburg | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 Felsenburg | det |
| 16 | Felsenburg | Felsenburg | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 lord | nmod |
| 17 | promised | promise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 sought | conj |
| 18 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 19 suitor | det |
| 19 | suitor | suitor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 promised | obj |
| 20 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 21 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 promised | obj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 great | punct |
| 23 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 28 great | mark |
| 24 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 debts | nmod:poss |
| 25 | debts | debt | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 great | nsubj |
| 26 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 great | cop |
| 27 | so | so | ADV | _ | 28 great | advmod |
| 28 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 promised | conj |
| 29 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 39 save | mark |
| 30 | only | only | ADV | _ | 33 son | advmod |
| 31 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 33 son | det |
| 32 | wealthy | wealthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 son | amod |
| 33 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 save | nsubj |
| 34 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 37 law | punct |
| 35 | in | in | ADP | _ | 37 law | case |
| 36 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 35 in | punct |
| 37 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 son | nmod |
| 38 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 39 save | aux |
| 39 | save | save | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 great | advcl |
| 40 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 estates | nmod:poss |
| 41 | estates | estate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 save | obj |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 sought | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | seek | past | a rich earl | Jutta's hand | now | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme | |||
| 2 | promise speech: promise | past | the lord of the Felsenburg | this suitor | lord's daughter | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent suitor=Goal daughter=Theme | |||
| 3 | is | past | lord's debts | great property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | save | could | a wealthy son in law | lord's estates | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent estate=Theme |
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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