Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 1, sentence 80
"We are alone for the last time," said the invalid, as the Marshal returned, putting her hand in his. "
Who acts: We, invalid, Marshal · What happens: be, say, return, put · To what, where: hand · 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 (We, invalid, Marshal), 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 alone | punct |
| 2 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 alone | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 alone | cop |
| 4 | alone | alone | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 said | ccomp |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 time | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 time | det |
| 7 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 time | amod |
| 8 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 alone | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 alone | punct |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 alone | punct |
| 11 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 invalid | det |
| 13 | invalid | invalid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 said | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 returned | punct |
| 15 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 18 returned | mark |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 Marshal | det |
| 17 | Marshal | Marshal | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 returned | nsubj |
| 18 | returned | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 said | conj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 putting | punct |
| 20 | putting | put | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 18 returned | advcl |
| 21 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 hand | nmod:poss |
| 22 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 putting | obj |
| 23 | in | in | ADP | _ | 24 his | case |
| 24 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 putting | obj |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 said | punct |
| 26 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | We | time | alone property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | the invalid | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | return | past | the Marshal | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | put | gerund | the Marshal not said here | Marshal's hand | Papa obj | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent hand=Asset his=Goal |
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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