Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 1, sentence 61
"Do not fear that, my darling; every servant here is bound by a solemn oath; your faithful nurse Magda is the only one who is permitted to leave the castle, and she does so in the deepest disguise.
Who acts: you, solemn oath, faithful nurse, Magda · What happens: not fear, bind, be, permit, leave, do · To what, where: that, servant, only one, castle, deepest disguise
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 (you, solemn oath, faithful nurse, Magda), 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 | _ | 4 fear | punct |
| 2 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 fear | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 fear | advmod |
| 4 | fear | fear | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 fear | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 darling | punct |
| 7 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 darling | nmod:poss |
| 8 | darling | darling | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 fear | conj |
| 9 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 14 bound | punct |
| 10 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 servant | det |
| 11 | servant | servant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 bound | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 servant | advmod |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 bound | aux:pass |
| 14 | bound | bind | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 fear | conj |
| 15 | by | by | ADP | _ | 18 oath | case |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 oath | det |
| 17 | solemn | solemn | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 oath | amod |
| 18 | oath | oath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 bound | obl |
| 19 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 27 one | punct |
| 20 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 nurse | nmod:poss |
| 21 | faithful | faithful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 nurse | amod |
| 22 | nurse | nurse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 one | nsubj |
| 23 | Magda | Magda | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 nurse | appos |
| 24 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 one | cop |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 one | det |
| 26 | only | only | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 one | amod |
| 27 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fear | parataxis |
| 28 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 30 permitted | nsubj |
| 29 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 30 permitted | aux:pass |
| 30 | permitted | permit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 27 one | acl:relcl |
| 31 | to | to | PART | _ | 32 leave | mark |
| 32 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 permitted | xcomp |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 castle | det |
| 34 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 leave | obj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 does | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 does | cc |
| 37 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 does | nsubj |
| 38 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 one | conj |
| 39 | so | so | ADV | _ | 38 does | advmod |
| 40 | in | in | ADP | _ | 43 disguise | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 disguise | det |
| 42 | deepest | deep | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 43 disguise | amod |
| 43 | disguise | disguise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 does | obl |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 fear | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not fear in a quote | imperative · do-support | you not said here | that | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | bind in a quote | present · passive | a solemn oath | every servant | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | ||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | your faithful nurse | the only one | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | permit in a quote | present · passive | the only one | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 5 | leave not said to happen, in a quote | to-infinitive | the castle | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent castle=Theme | |||||
| 6 | do in a quote | present | Magda | the deepest disguise | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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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