Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 1, sentence 9
Later the Staufenburg came to the Earls of Katlenburg, who had their seat near; and after the extinction of this house it fell into the hands of the mighty Duke Henry the Lion, of Saxony and Brunswick, before whose sword even the powerful Barbarossa trembled, and remained in the possession of his descendants, several of whom wore the imperial crown.
Who acts: Staufenburg, seat, powerful Barbarossa · What happens: come, have, fall, tremble, remain, wear · To what, where: Earls, seat, hands, sword, possession, imperial crown
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 (Staufenburg, seat, powerful Barbarossa), 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 | Later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 came | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Staufenburg | det |
| 3 | Staufenburg | Staufenburg | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 came | nsubj |
| 4 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 Earls | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Earls | det |
| 7 | Earls | earl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 came | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 Katlenburg | case |
| 9 | Katlenburg | Katlenburg | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Earls | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 had | punct |
| 11 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 had | nsubj |
| 12 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 came | conj |
| 13 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 seat | nmod:poss |
| 14 | seat | seat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 had | obj |
| 15 | near | near | ADV | _ | 12 had | advmod |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 25 fell | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 fell | cc |
| 18 | after | after | ADP | _ | 20 extinction | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 extinction | det |
| 20 | extinction | extinction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 fell | obl |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 house | case |
| 22 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 23 house | det |
| 23 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 extinction | nmod |
| 24 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 fell | nsubj |
| 25 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 came | conj |
| 26 | into | into | ADP | _ | 28 hands | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 hands | det |
| 28 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 fell | obl |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 Henry | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 Henry | det |
| 31 | mighty | mighty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 Henry | amod |
| 32 | Duke | Duke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 Henry | compound |
| 33 | Henry | Henry | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 hands | nmod |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 Lion | det |
| 35 | Lion | Lion | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 Henry | conj |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 Saxony | punct |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 Saxony | case |
| 38 | Saxony | Saxony | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 fell | obl |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 Brunswick | cc |
| 40 | Brunswick | Brunswick | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 Saxony | conj |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 sword | punct |
| 42 | before | before | ADP | _ | 44 sword | case |
| 43 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 44 sword | nmod:poss |
| 44 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 Saxony | appos |
| 45 | even | even | ADV | _ | 48 Barbarossa | advmod |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 Barbarossa | det |
| 47 | powerful | powerful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 Barbarossa | amod |
| 48 | Barbarossa | Barbarossa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 49 trembled | nsubj |
| 49 | trembled | tremble | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 sword | acl:relcl |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 remained | punct |
| 51 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 52 remained | cc |
| 52 | remained | remain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 came | conj |
| 53 | in | in | ADP | _ | 55 possession | case |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 possession | det |
| 55 | possession | possession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 remained | obl |
| 56 | of | of | ADP | _ | 58 descendants | case |
| 57 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 58 descendants | nmod:poss |
| 58 | descendants | descendant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 55 possession | nmod |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 several | punct |
| 60 | several | several | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 55 possession | conj |
| 61 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 63 wore | mark |
| 62 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 63 wore | nsubj |
| 63 | wore | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 60 several | advcl |
| 64 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 66 crown | det |
| 65 | imperial | imperial | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 66 crown | amod |
| 66 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 wore | obj |
| 67 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | the Staufenburg | the Earls of Katlenburg | late property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to earl=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | have | past | Earls's seat | who nsubj; near property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seat=Patient | ||||
| 3 | fall | past | seat | the hands of the mighty Duke Henry and the Lion | after the extinction of this house | of Saxony and Brunswick | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme into hand=Initial_Location of saxony=Destination | ||
| 4 | tremble | past | the powerful Barbarossa | Saxony and Brunswick's sword not said here | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sword=Theme | ||||
| 5 | remain | participle | the Staufenburg not said here | the possession of Saxony's descendants | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in possession=Location | ||||
| 6 | wear | past | the imperial crown | whom nsubj | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent crown=Theme | ||||
| 7 | extinguish | this house | nom extinction «state transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 8 | possess | Saxony's descendants | nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient |
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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