Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 1, sentence 75
The invalid reclined on a huge old-fashioned sofa, propped up with silken cushions, surrounded by her husband, her two sons, and her young and only daughter Eva.
What happens: recline, prop up, surround · To what, where: invalid, huge fashioned sofa, silken cushions
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: 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 invalid | det |
| 2 | invalid | invalid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 propped | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | reclined | recline | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 invalid | acl |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 sofa | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 sofa | det |
| 6 | huge | huge | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 sofa | amod |
| 7 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 fashioned | amod |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 old | punct |
| 9 | fashioned | fashioned | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 sofa | amod |
| 10 | sofa | sofa | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 reclined | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 propped | punct |
| 12 | propped | prop | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 13 | up | up | ADP | _ | 12 propped | compound:prt |
| 14 | with | with | ADP | _ | 16 cushions | case |
| 15 | silken | silken | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 cushions | amod |
| 16 | cushions | cushion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 propped | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 surrounded | punct |
| 18 | surrounded | surround | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 cushions | acl |
| 19 | by | by | ADP | _ | 21 husband | case |
| 20 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 husband | nmod:poss |
| 21 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 surrounded | obl:agent |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 sons | punct |
| 23 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 sons | nmod:poss |
| 24 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 25 sons | nummod |
| 25 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 husband | appos |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 young | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 young | cc |
| 28 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 young | nmod:poss |
| 29 | young | young | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 propped | parataxis |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 daughter | cc |
| 31 | only | only | ADV | _ | 32 daughter | advmod |
| 32 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 young | conj |
| 33 | Eva | Eva | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 daughter | appos |
| 34 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 propped | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | recline | participle | the invalid not said here | a huge fashioned sofa | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on sofa=Location | ||||
| 2 | prop up | participle · passive | the invalid | with silken cushions; Troth's young and daughter parataxis | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 3 | surround | participle | silken cushions not said here | Troth's husband obl:agent | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=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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