Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 1, sentence 51
He gave, however, no expression to his misgivings, but only said, pointing to the coffee-table: "Let us think of this no more; dry up these childish tears, and let us go down--come, dear."
Who acts: boy, us · What happens: give, say, point, let, think, dry up · To what, where: expression, coffee table, us, more, childish tears · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (boy, us), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 gave | nsubj |
| 2 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 however | punct |
| 4 | however | however | ADV | _ | 2 gave | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 expression | punct |
| 6 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 7 expression | det |
| 7 | expression | expression | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gave | obl |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 misgivings | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 misgivings | nmod:poss |
| 10 | misgivings | misgiving | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 expression | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 said | punct |
| 12 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 14 said | cc |
| 13 | only | only | ADV | _ | 14 said | advmod |
| 14 | said | say | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 gave | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 pointing | punct |
| 16 | pointing | point | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 said | advcl |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 table | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 table | det |
| 19 | coffee | coffee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 table | compound |
| 20 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 19 coffee | punct |
| 21 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 pointing | obl |
| 22 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 24 Let | punct |
| 23 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 24 Let | punct |
| 24 | Let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 said | ccomp |
| 25 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 24 Let | obj |
| 26 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 Let | xcomp |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 this | case |
| 28 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 26 think | obl |
| 29 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 30 more | det |
| 30 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 26 think | obj |
| 31 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 32 dry | punct |
| 32 | dry | dry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 Let | conj |
| 33 | up | up | ADP | _ | 32 dry | compound:prt |
| 34 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 36 tears | det |
| 35 | childish | childish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 tears | amod |
| 36 | tears | tear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 dry | obj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 let | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 let | cc |
| 39 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 Let | conj |
| 40 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 39 let | obj |
| 41 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 39 let | xcomp |
| 42 | down | down | ADV | _ | 41 go | advmod |
| 43 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 44 come | punct |
| 44 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 Let | xcomp |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 dear | punct |
| 46 | dear | dear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 come | vocative |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 24 Let | punct |
| 48 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 24 Let | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | boy | no expression to boy's misgivings | however property | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | participle | boy not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | point | gerund | boy not said here | the coffee table | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to table=Recipient | ||||
| 4 | let in a quote | infinitive | us | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | think speech: other in a quote | infinitive | us not said here | no more | of this | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot more=Theme | |||
| 6 | dry up in a quote | infinitive | this childish tears | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient tear=Result | |||||
| 7 | let in a quote | infinitive | us | tree rules | |||||
| 8 | go down in a quote | infinitive | us not said here | down property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ||||
| 9 | come in a quote | infinitive | us not said here | dear vocative | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 10 | misgive | boy | nom misgiving «feeling transitive»: poss=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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