Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 1, sentence 17
Her companion, Duke Henry the Younger, of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel, clasped one of her tiny hands, glittering with diamonds, in his own, stroked her magnificent hair, and gazed into her face with silent rapture.
Who acts: companion · What happens: clasp, glitter, stroke, gaze · To what, where: one, magnificent hair
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 (companion), 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 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 companion | nmod:poss |
| 2 | companion | companion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 clasped | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 Henry | punct |
| 4 | Duke | Duke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Henry | compound |
| 5 | Henry | Henry | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 companion | appos |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Younger | det |
| 7 | Younger | Younger | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Henry | flat |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 Brunswick | punct |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 Brunswick | case |
| 10 | Brunswick | Brunswick | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 companion | appos |
| 11 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 12 Lüneburg | punct |
| 12 | Lüneburg | Lüneburg | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Brunswick | conj |
| 13 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 14 Wolfenbüttel | punct |
| 14 | Wolfenbüttel | Wolfenbüttel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Brunswick | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 companion | punct |
| 16 | clasped | clasp | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 17 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 16 clasped | obj |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 hands | case |
| 19 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 hands | nmod:poss |
| 20 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 hands | amod |
| 21 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 one | nmod |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 glittering | punct |
| 23 | glittering | glitter | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 16 clasped | advcl |
| 24 | with | with | ADP | _ | 25 diamonds | case |
| 25 | diamonds | diamond | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 glittering | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 own | punct |
| 27 | in | in | ADP | _ | 29 own | case |
| 28 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 own | nmod:poss |
| 29 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 glittering | conj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 stroked | punct |
| 31 | stroked | stroke | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 clasped | conj |
| 32 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 hair | nmod:poss |
| 33 | magnificent | magnificent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 hair | amod |
| 34 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 stroked | obj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 gazed | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 gazed | cc |
| 37 | gazed | gaze | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 clasped | conj |
| 38 | into | into | ADP | _ | 40 face | case |
| 39 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 face | nmod:poss |
| 40 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 gazed | obl |
| 41 | with | with | ADP | _ | 43 rapture | case |
| 42 | silent | silent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 rapture | amod |
| 43 | rapture | rapture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 gazed | obl |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 clasped | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | clasp | past | expression's companion | one of expression's tiny hands | vn hold-15.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | ||||
| 2 | glitter | gerund | expression's companion not said here | with diamonds | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with diamond=Theme | ||||
| 3 | stroke | past | expression's companion not said here | expression's magnificent hair | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | gaze | past | expression's companion not said here | with silent rapture; into expression's face | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into face=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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