Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 2, sentence 5
He was seen every evening at her side in the stone balcony, whence they could look down into the courtyard and witness the sports of the courtiers and the drilling of steeds, and his conjugal attentions were most edifying to witness; while the new maid of honour Eva stood behind the seat of her ducal mistress, a picture of bewildering loveliness.
Who acts: things, conjugal attentions, new maid, picture, courtiers, Henry · What happens: see, look down, edify, stand, bewilder, sport · To what, where: Henry, side, seat, loveliness, steeds
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 (things, conjugal attentions, new maid, picture), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 seen | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 seen | aux:pass |
| 3 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 evening | det |
| 5 | evening | evening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 seen | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 side | case |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 side | nmod:poss |
| 8 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 seen | obl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 balcony | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 balcony | det |
| 11 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 balcony | compound |
| 12 | balcony | balcony | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 side | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 look | punct |
| 14 | whence | whence | ADV | PronType=Int | 17 look | advmod |
| 15 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 look | nsubj |
| 16 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 look | aux |
| 17 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 seen | parataxis |
| 18 | down | down | ADP | _ | 17 look | compound:prt |
| 19 | into | into | ADP | _ | 21 courtyard | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 courtyard | det |
| 21 | courtyard | courtyard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 look | obl |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 witness | cc |
| 23 | witness | witness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 courtyard | conj |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 sports | det |
| 25 | sports | sport | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 courtyard | nmod |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 courtiers | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 courtiers | det |
| 28 | courtiers | courtier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 sports | nmod |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 drilling | cc |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 drilling | det |
| 31 | drilling | drilling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 courtiers | conj |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 steeds | case |
| 33 | steeds | steed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 drilling | nmod |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 edifying | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 edifying | cc |
| 36 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 attentions | nmod:poss |
| 37 | conjugal | conjugal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 attentions | amod |
| 38 | attentions | attention | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 edifying | nsubj |
| 39 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 edifying | aux |
| 40 | most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 41 edifying | nsubj |
| 41 | edifying | edify | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 17 look | advcl |
| 42 | to | to | PART | _ | 43 witness | mark |
| 43 | witness | witness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 edifying | advcl |
| 44 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 52 stood | punct |
| 45 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 52 stood | mark |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 maid | det |
| 47 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 maid | amod |
| 48 | maid | maid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 stood | nsubj |
| 49 | of | of | ADP | _ | 50 honour | case |
| 50 | honour | honour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 maid | nmod |
| 51 | Eva | Eva | PROPN | Number=Sing | 50 honour | appos |
| 52 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 seen | conj |
| 53 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 55 seat | case |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 seat | det |
| 55 | seat | seat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 stood | obl |
| 56 | of | of | ADP | _ | 59 mistress | case |
| 57 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 59 mistress | nmod:poss |
| 58 | ducal | ducal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 59 mistress | amod |
| 59 | mistress | mistress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 seat | nmod |
| 60 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 picture | punct |
| 61 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 62 picture | det |
| 62 | picture | picture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 mistress | appos |
| 63 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 64 bewildering | mark |
| 64 | bewildering | bewilder | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 62 picture | acl |
| 65 | loveliness | loveliness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 bewildering | obj |
| 66 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 seen | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past · passive | Henry | Court's side in the stone balcony | evening | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | look down | could | things = thing | into the courtyard the sports of the courtiers and the drilling of steeds and witness; whence property | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into courtyard=Theme | ||||
| 3 | edify | past · progressive | Henry's conjugal attentions | witness advcl | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | stand | past | the new maid of honour | the seat of Court's ducal mistress | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind seat=Location | ||||
| 5 | bewilder | gerund | a picture not said here | loveliness | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus loveliness=Experiencer | ||||
| 6 | sport | the courtiers and the drilling of steeds | nom sport «act intransitive»: of=agent | ||||||
| 7 | drill | steeds | nom drilling «act transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 8 | attend | Henry | nom attention «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |
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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