Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 2, sentence 20
"Pardon, gracious lady, but I have something to tell you which admits of no delay," replied Alice, who had caught a glimpse of the portrait, and noticed the agitation of her mistress. "
Who acts: I, Alice · What happens: have, tell, admit, reply, catch, notice · To what, where: something, you, Alice, agitation, portrait · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, A Historical Tale., part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, Alice), 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 | _ | 2 Pardon | punct |
| 2 | Pardon | pardon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 replied | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 lady | punct |
| 4 | gracious | gracious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 lady | amod |
| 5 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Pardon | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 have | punct |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 have | cc |
| 8 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 have | nsubj |
| 9 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 Pardon | parataxis |
| 10 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 9 have | obj |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 tell | mark |
| 12 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 something | acl |
| 13 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 tell | iobj |
| 14 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 admits | nsubj |
| 15 | admits | admit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 tell | ccomp |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 delay | case |
| 17 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 18 delay | det |
| 18 | delay | delay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 admits | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 have | punct |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Pardon | punct |
| 21 | replied | reply | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 22 | Alice | Alice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 replied | obj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 caught | punct |
| 24 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 26 caught | nsubj:pass |
| 25 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 caught | aux |
| 26 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 22 Alice | acl |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 glimpse | det |
| 28 | glimpse | glimpse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 caught | obj |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 portrait | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 portrait | det |
| 31 | portrait | portrait | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 glimpse | nmod |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 noticed | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 noticed | cc |
| 34 | noticed | notice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 replied | conj |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 agitation | det |
| 36 | agitation | agitation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 noticed | obj |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 mistress | case |
| 38 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 mistress | nmod:poss |
| 39 | mistress | mistress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 agitation | nmod |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 21 replied | punct |
| 41 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 replied | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have in a quote | present | I | something | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Patient | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert in a quote | to-infinitive | I not said here | something not said here | you | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | |||
| 3 | admit speech: other in a quote | present | of no delay; which nsubj | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | reply speech: assert | past | Alice | Pardon and gracious lady nsubj | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | catch | past · perfect · passive | Alice | a glimpse of the portrait obj | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary glimpse=Theme | ||||
| 6 | notice | past | Alice not said here | the agitation of Alice's mistress | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer agitation=Stimulus | ||||
| 7 | glimpse | the portrait | nom glimpse «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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