Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 1, sentence 56

"God forbid!" cried Eva in feverish, wild excitement, clasping her hands and looking up to heaven, in which attitude she presented such an enchanting grace and beauty that Henry caught her in his arms and covered her face and hair with kisses, calling her by every endearing name he could think of.

Who acts: God, face, Henry · What happens: forbid, cry, clasp, look up, present, enchant · To what, where: feverish, hands, enchanting grace, attitude, face, arms · 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 (God, face, Henry), 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	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 forbid	punct
2	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 forbid	nsubj
3	forbid	forbid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 cried	ccomp
4	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 forbid	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 forbid	punct
6	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	Eva	Eva	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 cried	flat
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 feverish	case
9	feverish	feverish	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cried	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 excitement	punct
11	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 excitement	amod
12	excitement	excitement	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 feverish	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 clasping	punct
14	clasping	clasp	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 cried	advcl
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 hands	nmod:poss
16	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 clasping	obj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 looking	cc
18	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 clasping	conj
19	up	up	ADP	_	18 looking	compound:prt
20	to	to	ADP	_	21 heaven	case
21	heaven	heaven	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 looking	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 presented	punct
23	in	in	ADP	_	25 attitude	case
24	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	25 attitude	det
25	attitude	attitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 presented	obl
26	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 presented	nsubj
27	presented	present	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 cried	parataxis
28	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	31 grace	det:predet
29	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	31 grace	det
30	enchanting	enchant	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	31 grace	amod
31	grace	grace	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 presented	obj
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 beauty	cc
33	beauty	beauty	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 grace	conj
34	that	that	SCONJ	_	36 caught	mark
35	Henry	Henry	PROPN	Number=Sing	36 caught	nsubj
36	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 presented	advcl
37	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 caught	obj
38	in	in	ADP	_	40 arms	case
39	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	40 arms	nmod:poss
40	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 caught	obl
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 covered	cc
42	covered	cover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 presented	conj
43	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	44 face	nmod:poss
44	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 covered	obj
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 hair	cc
46	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 face	conj
47	with	with	ADP	_	48 kisses	case
48	kisses	kiss	NOUN	Number=Plur	46 hair	nmod
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 calling	punct
50	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	42 covered	advcl
51	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 calling	obj
52	by	by	ADP	_	55 name	case
53	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	55 name	det
54	endearing	endear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	55 name	amod
55	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 calling	obl
56	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 think	nsubj
57	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	58 think	aux
58	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	55 name	acl:relcl
59	of	of	ADP	_	58 think	obl
60	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 cried	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	forbid in a quote	infinitive	God					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer
2	cry speech: express	past				feverish and wild excitement	Eva flat	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	clasp	gerund		face's hands				vn hold-15.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme
4	look up	gerund					to heaven	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to heaven=Theme
5	present	past	face	such enchanting grace and beauty		which attitude		vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grace=Theme
6	enchant	gerund						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
7	catch	past	Henry	face		God's arms		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
8	cover	past	face not said here	face's face and hair with kisses				vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme face=Destination
9	call	gerund	face not said here		face		by every endearing name	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
10	endear	gerund						tree rules
11	think speech: other	could	God	every endearing name not said here				vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot name=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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🌲 Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 1, sentence 56

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Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 1, sentence 56