Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 1, sentence 5

The mountain--on which are decaying bits of walls, where, until a few years ago, a strong square tower, eighty feet in height, with openings here and there, looked solemnly down on the vale--is cut off sharp on the east, west, and south sides from its wooded brethren that rise high above it, only on the north side sloping gradually to its base; and it is on this side one climbs to the spot where Kaiser Henry the Vogler, or Fowler, had a decoy for birds.

Who acts: mountain, wooded brethren, north side, magic, side, Kaiser · What happens: decay, look, cut off, wood, rise, slope · To what, where: bits, south sides, east, brethren, side, spot

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 (mountain, wooded brethren, north side, magic), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mountain	det
2	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 looked	nsubj
3	--	--	PUNCT	_	7 decaying	punct
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 decaying	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 decaying	aux
7	decaying	decay	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 mountain	acl
8	bits	bit	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 decaying	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 walls	case
10	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 bits	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 where	punct
12	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 walls	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 years	punct
14	until	until	ADP	_	17 years	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 years	det
16	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 years	amod
17	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 decaying	obl
18	ago	ago	ADV	_	17 years	advmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 tower	punct
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 tower	det
21	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 tower	amod
22	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 tower	compound
23	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mountain	appos
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 feet	punct
25	eighty	eighty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 feet	amod
26	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 tower	conj
27	in	in	ADP	_	28 height	case
28	height	height	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 feet	nmod
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 openings	punct
30	with	with	ADP	_	31 openings	case
31	openings	opening	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 height	conj
32	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	31 openings	advmod
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 there	cc
34	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	32 here	conj
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 mountain	punct
36	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
37	solemnly	solemnly	ADV	_	38 down	advmod
38	down	down	ADV	_	36 looked	advmod
39	on	on	ADP	_	41 vale	case
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 vale	det
41	vale	vale	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 looked	obl
42	--	--	PUNCT	_	44 cut	punct
43	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	44 cut	aux:pass
44	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	36 looked	parataxis
45	off	off	ADP	_	44 cut	compound:prt
46	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 cut	xcomp
47	on	on	ADP	_	49 east	case
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 east	det
49	east	east	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 cut	obl
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 west	punct
51	west	west	ADV	_	44 cut	advmod
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 sides	punct
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	55 sides	cc
54	south	South	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 sides	amod
55	sides	side	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 looked	obl
56	from	from	ADP	_	59 brethren	case
57	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	59 brethren	nmod:poss
58	wooded	wood	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	59 brethren	amod
59	brethren	brethren	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 sides	nmod
60	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	61 rise	nsubj
61	rise	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	59 brethren	acl:relcl
62	high	high	ADV	Degree=Pos	61 rise	advmod
63	above	above	ADP	_	64 it	case
64	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	61 rise	obl
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 side	punct
66	only	only	ADV	_	70 side	advmod
67	on	on	ADP	_	70 side	case
68	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	70 side	det
69	north	north	ADJ	Degree=Pos	70 side	amod
70	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 rise	obl
71	sloping	slope	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	70 side	acl
72	gradually	gradually	ADV	_	71 sloping	advmod
73	to	to	ADP	_	75 base	case
74	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	75 base	nmod:poss
75	base	base	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 sloping	obl
76	;	;	PUNCT	_	82 side	punct
77	and	and	CCONJ	_	82 side	cc
78	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	82 side	nsubj
79	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	82 side	cop
80	on	on	ADP	_	82 side	case
81	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	82 side	det
82	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	84 climbs	nsubj
83	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	82 side	flat
84	climbs	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	36 looked	parataxis
85	to	to	ADP	_	87 spot	case
86	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	87 spot	det
87	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	84 climbs	obl
88	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	97 had	advmod
89	Kaiser	Kaiser	PROPN	Number=Sing	97 had	nsubj
90	Henry	Henry	PROPN	Number=Sing	89 Kaiser	flat
91	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	92 Vogler	det
92	Vogler	Vogler	PROPN	Number=Sing	89 Kaiser	flat
93	,	,	PUNCT	_	95 Fowler	punct
94	or	or	CCONJ	_	95 Fowler	cc
95	Fowler	fowler	NOUN	Number=Sing	89 Kaiser	list
96	,	,	PUNCT	_	89 Kaiser	punct
97	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	87 spot	acl:relcl
98	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	99 decoy	det
99	decoy	decoy	NOUN	Number=Sing	97 had	obj
100	for	for	ADP	_	101 birds	case
101	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	99 decoy	nmod
102	.	.	PUNCT	_	36 looked	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decay	present · progressive	the mountain	bits of walls		year		tree rules
2	look	past	the mountain	south sides from east's wooded brethren			on the vale; down property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on vale=Theme
3	cut off	present · passive			the east		sharp, west property	vn stop-55.4-1 «NP.eventuality V»
4	wood	participle						tree rules
5	rise	present	east's wooded brethren		brethren		on the north side; high property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent above it=Location
6	slope	gerund	the north side not said here				to brethren's base; gradually property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	is	present	magic		this side			tree rules
8	climb	present	this side		the spot			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to spot=Destination
9	have	past	Kaiser Fowler	a decoy			for birds	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent decoy=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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Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 1, sentence 5