Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 1, sentence 15

A tall form of the most perfect symmetry, brilliant white complexion, cheeks of a delicate rose, very large clear blue eyes, dark brown hair falling in luxuriant natural curls, and a dainty hand and foot, made her the delight of every eye that looked upon her.

Who acts: dark brown hair, eye · What happens: fall, make, look, form, delight · To what, where: luxuriant natural curls, tall form, perfect symmetry

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 (dark brown hair, eye), 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	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 form	det
2	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 form	amod
3	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 made	nsubj:pass
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 symmetry	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 symmetry	det
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 perfect	advmod
7	perfect	perfect	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 symmetry	amod
8	symmetry	symmetry	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 form	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 complexion	punct
10	brilliant	brilliant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 complexion	amod
11	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 complexion	amod
12	complexion	complexion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 symmetry	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 cheeks	punct
14	cheeks	cheek	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 symmetry	conj
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 rose	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 rose	det
17	delicate	delicate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 rose	amod
18	rose	rose	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 cheeks	nmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 eyes	punct
20	very	very	ADV	_	21 large	advmod
21	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 eyes	amod
22	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 eyes	amod
23	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 eyes	amod
24	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 rose	conj
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 hair	punct
26	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 hair	amod
27	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 hair	amod
28	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 eyes	nmod
29	falling	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	28 hair	acl
30	in	in	ADP	_	33 curls	case
31	luxuriant	luxuriant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 curls	amod
32	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 curls	amod
33	curls	curl	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 falling	obl
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 made	punct
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 made	cc
36	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	38 hand	det
37	dainty	dainty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 hand	amod
38	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 made	nsubj
39	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 foot	cc
40	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 hand	conj
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 hand	punct
42	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
43	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 made	obj
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 delight	det
45	delight	delight	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 made	obj
46	of	of	ADP	_	48 eye	case
47	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	48 eye	det
48	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 delight	nmod
49	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	50 looked	nsubj
50	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	48 eye	acl:relcl
51	upon	upon	ADP	_	52 her	case
52	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 looked	obl
53	.	.	PUNCT	_	42 made	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	fall	gerund	dark brown hair not said here		luxuriant natural curls		vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in curl=Location
2	make	past · passive		a tall form of the perfect symmetry and brilliant white complexion and cheeks of a delicate rose and large clear blue eyes dark brown hair		a dainty hand and foot nsubj; Oblivion obj; the delight of every eye obj	tree rules
3	look	past	every eye			upon Oblivion	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon she=Theme
4	form			the perfect symmetry and brilliant white complexion and cheeks of a delicate rose and large clear blue eyes dark brown hair			nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient
5	delight		every eye				nom delight «feeling intransitive»: of=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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🌲 Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 1, sentence 15

The tree

Pragmatics

Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 1, sentence 15