Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 1, sentence 103
Henry was a handsome man of fiery temper and hot blood, loved both chase and feud, possessed more physical strength and beauty than mind or virtue, troubled himself little with the duties of government or the interests of his subjects, leaving affairs of State to his minister.
Who acts: Henry, handsome man, both · What happens: be, love, chase, feud, possess, trouble · To what, where: handsome man, Duke, affairs, minister, subjects
This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, A Historical Tale., part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Henry, handsome man, both), 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 | Henry | Henry | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 man | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 man | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 man | det |
| 4 | handsome | handsome | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 man | amod |
| 5 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 troubled | nsubj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 temper | case |
| 7 | fiery | fiery | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 temper | amod |
| 8 | temper | temper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 man | nmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 blood | cc |
| 10 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 blood | amod |
| 11 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 temper | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 loved | punct |
| 13 | loved | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 man | acl:relcl |
| 14 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 15 chase | nsubj |
| 15 | chase | chase | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 loved | ccomp |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 feud | cc |
| 17 | feud | feud | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 chase | conj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 strength | punct |
| 19 | possessed | possess | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 22 strength | amod |
| 20 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 21 physical | advmod |
| 21 | physical | physical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 strength | amod |
| 22 | strength | strength | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 man | conj |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 beauty | cc |
| 24 | beauty | beauty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 strength | conj |
| 25 | than | than | ADP | _ | 26 mind | case |
| 26 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 strength | nmod |
| 27 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 28 virtue | cc |
| 28 | virtue | virtue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 mind | conj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 man | punct |
| 30 | troubled | trouble | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 31 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 30 troubled | obj |
| 32 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 troubled | obj |
| 33 | with | with | ADP | _ | 35 duties | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 duties | det |
| 35 | duties | duty | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 troubled | obl |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 government | case |
| 37 | government | government | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 duties | nmod |
| 38 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 40 interests | cc |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 interests | det |
| 40 | interests | interest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 duties | conj |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 subjects | case |
| 42 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 subjects | nmod:poss |
| 43 | subjects | subject | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 interests | nmod |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 leaving | punct |
| 45 | leaving | leave | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 30 troubled | advcl |
| 46 | affairs | affair | NOUN | Number=Plur | 45 leaving | obj |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 48 State | case |
| 48 | State | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 affairs | nmod |
| 49 | to | to | ADP | _ | 51 minister | case |
| 50 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 51 minister | nmod:poss |
| 51 | minister | minister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 leaving | obl |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 30 troubled | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Henry | a handsome man and possessed physical strength than mind or virtue and beauty | of fiery temper and hot blood; possessed physical strength than mind or virtue and beauty conj | tree rules | |||
| 2 | love | past | a handsome man and possessed physical strength than mind or virtue and beauty not said here | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | chase | present | both | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | feud | present | both not said here | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | possess | participle | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | ||||||
| 6 | trouble | past | a handsome man and possessed physical strength than mind or virtue and beauty | Duke | with the duties of government or the interests of Duke's subjects | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus himself=Experiencer little=Result | |||
| 7 | leave | gerund | a handsome man and possessed physical strength than mind or virtue and beauty not said here | affairs of State | Duke's minister | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent affair=Theme to minister=Recipient | |||
| 8 | interest | Duke's subjects | nom interest «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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