Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 1, sentence 3
Its position is fascinating, surrounded on three sides by high wooded mountains, with a wide view open to the south, which was then probably partially shut out by the primeval dense forests, now, however, extending over the little mining town of Gittelde and the picturesque mountain landscape to Osterode and the high-seated Schloss Herzberg.
Who acts: position, primeval dense forests · What happens: be, surround, wood, shut out, extend, seat · To what, where: three sides, wide view, little mining town
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 (position, primeval dense forests), 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 | Its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 position | nmod:poss |
| 2 | position | position | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fascinating | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 fascinating | cop |
| 4 | fascinating | fascinating | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 surrounded | punct |
| 6 | surrounded | surround | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 fascinating | acl |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 sides | case |
| 8 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 sides | nummod |
| 9 | sides | side | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 surrounded | obl |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 13 mountains | case |
| 11 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 mountains | amod |
| 12 | wooded | wood | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 mountains | amod |
| 13 | mountains | mountain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 surrounded | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 view | punct |
| 15 | with | with | ADP | _ | 18 view | case |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 view | det |
| 17 | wide | wide | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 view | amod |
| 18 | view | view | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 surrounded | obl:agent |
| 19 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 view | amod |
| 20 | to | to | ADP | _ | 22 south | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 south | det |
| 22 | south | south | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 open | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 shut | punct |
| 24 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 29 shut | obj |
| 25 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 shut | aux:pass |
| 26 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 29 shut | advmod |
| 27 | probably | probably | ADV | _ | 29 shut | advmod |
| 28 | partially | partially | ADV | _ | 29 shut | advmod |
| 29 | shut | shut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 view | acl |
| 30 | out | out | ADP | _ | 29 shut | compound:prt |
| 31 | by | by | ADP | _ | 35 forests | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 forests | det |
| 33 | primeval | primeval | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 forests | compound |
| 34 | dense | dense | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 forests | amod |
| 35 | forests | forest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 shut | obl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 extending | punct |
| 37 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 41 extending | advmod |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 however | punct |
| 39 | however | however | ADV | _ | 41 extending | advmod |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 extending | punct |
| 41 | extending | extend | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 35 forests | acl |
| 42 | over | over | ADP | _ | 46 town | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 town | det |
| 44 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 town | amod |
| 45 | mining | mining | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 town | compound |
| 46 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 extending | obl |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 48 Gittelde | case |
| 48 | Gittelde | Gittelde | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 town | nmod |
| 49 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 53 landscape | cc |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 landscape | det |
| 51 | picturesque | picturesque | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 53 landscape | amod |
| 52 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 landscape | compound |
| 53 | landscape | landscape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 town | conj |
| 54 | to | to | ADP | _ | 55 Osterode | case |
| 55 | Osterode | Osterode | PROPN | Number=Sing | 53 landscape | nmod |
| 56 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 61 Schloss | cc |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 61 Schloss | det |
| 58 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 60 seated | compound |
| 59 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 58 high | punct |
| 60 | seated | seat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 61 Schloss | amod |
| 61 | Schloss | schloss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 landscape | conj |
| 62 | Herzberg | Herzberg | PROPN | Number=Sing | 61 Schloss | appos |
| 63 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 fascinating | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | seat's position | fascinating property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | surround | participle | three sides | by high wooded mountains; a wide view obl:agent | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | wood | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 4 | shut out | past · passive | the primeval dense forests | a wide view | then | partially, probably property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent which=Patient | ||
| 5 | extend | gerund | the primeval dense forests not said here | the little mining town of Gittelde and the picturesque mountain landscape to Osterode and the seated Schloss | now | however property | vn body_motion-49.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent over town=Path | ||
| 6 | seat | participle | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location |
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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