Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 1, sentence 96
At this period, undecided as to Eva's home, and depressed with fears and anxieties regarding her future, business calls the Marshal to the Court of Brunswick,[4] then held in the ancient Castle of Wolfenbüttel,[5] and this visit is destined to decide the fate of the youthful Eva.
Who acts: fears, business · What happens: regard, call, hold, destine, decide, fate · To what, where: future, Marshal, Court, ancient Castle, visit, fate · 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 (fears, business), 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 3 period | case |
| 2 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 period | det |
| 3 | period | period | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 undecided | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 period | punct |
| 5 | undecided | undecided | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | as | as | ADP | _ | 10 home | case |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 home | case |
| 8 | Eva | Eva | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 home | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 Eva | case |
| 10 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 undecided | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 depressed | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 depressed | cc |
| 13 | depressed | depressed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 undecided | conj |
| 14 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 fears | case |
| 15 | fears | fear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 depressed | obl |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 anxieties | cc |
| 17 | anxieties | anxiety | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 fears | conj |
| 18 | regarding | regard | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 15 fears | acl |
| 19 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 future | nmod:poss |
| 20 | future | future | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 regarding | obj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 calls | punct |
| 22 | business | business | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 calls | nsubj |
| 23 | calls | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 undecided | conj |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 Marshal | det |
| 25 | Marshal | marshal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 calls | obj |
| 26 | to | to | ADP | _ | 28 Court | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 Court | det |
| 28 | Court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 calls | obl |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 Brunswick | case |
| 30 | Brunswick | Brunswick | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 Court | nmod |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 4 | punct |
| 32 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 33 4 | punct |
| 33 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 28 Court | appos |
| 34 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 33 4 | punct |
| 35 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 36 held | advmod |
| 36 | held | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 calls | advcl |
| 37 | in | in | ADP | _ | 40 Castle | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 Castle | det |
| 39 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 Castle | amod |
| 40 | Castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 held | obl |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 Wolfenbüttel | case |
| 42 | Wolfenbüttel | Wolfenbüttel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 Castle | nmod |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 5 | punct |
| 44 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 45 5 | punct |
| 45 | 5 | 5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 40 Castle | conj |
| 46 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 45 5 | punct |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 destined | cc |
| 48 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 49 visit | det |
| 49 | visit | visit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 destined | nsubj:pass |
| 50 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 51 destined | aux:pass |
| 51 | destined | destine | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 36 held | conj |
| 52 | to | to | PART | _ | 53 decide | mark |
| 53 | decide | decide | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 51 destined | advcl |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 fate | det |
| 55 | fate | fate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 decide | obj |
| 56 | of | of | ADP | _ | 59 Eva | case |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 59 Eva | det |
| 58 | youthful | youthful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 59 Eva | amod |
| 59 | Eva | Eva | PROPN | Number=Sing | 55 fate | nmod |
| 60 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 undecided | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | regard | gerund | fears and anxieties not said here | Eva's future | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent future=Theme | ||||
| 2 | call | present | business | the Marshal | the Court of Brunswick | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent marshal=Topic to court=Recipient | |||
| 3 | hold | past | business not said here | the ancient Castle of Wolfenbüttel | then | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in castle=Location | |||
| 4 | destine | present · passive | this visit | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | decide | to-infinitive | the fate of the youthful Eva | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent fate=Topic | |||||
| 7 | fate | the youthful Eva | nom fate «event 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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