Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 2, sentence 8

It soon became perfectly well known to Henry when Eva was on duty in the antechamber of the Duchess, and half-hidden by the heavy hangings of the deep windows, he chatted with her by the hour, and no favourite maid dared tell her royal mistress who entertained the lady-in-waiting while she sat alone.

Who acts: loveliness, Eva, favourite maid, royal mistress, maid · What happens: become, know, be, hide, chat, dare · To what, where: Henry, duty, royal mistress, lady · 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 (loveliness, Eva, favourite maid, royal mistress), 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 became	nsubj
2	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 became	advmod
3	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	_	6 known	advmod
5	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 known	advmod
6	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 became	xcomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 Henry	case
8	Henry	Henry	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 known	obl
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 duty	advmod
10	Eva	Eva	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 duty	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 duty	cop
12	on	on	ADP	_	13 duty	case
13	duty	duty	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 known	parataxis
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 antechamber	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 antechamber	det
16	antechamber	antechamber	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 duty	nmod
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 Duchess	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Duchess	det
19	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 antechamber	nmod
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 hidden	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 hidden	cc
22	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	24 hidden	compound
23	-	-	PUNCT	_	22 half	punct
24	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 became	conj
25	by	by	ADP	_	28 hangings	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 hangings	det
27	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 hangings	amod
28	hangings	hanging	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 hidden	obl
29	of	of	ADP	_	32 windows	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 windows	det
31	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 windows	amod
32	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 hangings	nmod
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 chatted	punct
34	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 chatted	nsubj
35	chatted	chat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 became	conj
36	with	with	ADP	_	37 her	case
37	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 chatted	obl
38	by	by	ADP	_	40 hour	case
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 hour	det
40	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 chatted	obl
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 dared	punct
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 dared	cc
43	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	45 maid	det
44	favourite	favourite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 maid	amod
45	maid	maid	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 dared	nsubj
46	dared	dare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 became	conj
47	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	46 dared	xcomp
48	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	50 mistress	nmod:poss
49	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 mistress	amod
50	mistress	mistress	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 tell	obj
51	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	52 entertained	nsubj
52	entertained	entertain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	50 mistress	acl:relcl
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 lady	det
54	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 entertained	obj
55	-	-	PUNCT	_	58 waiting	punct
56	in	in	SCONJ	_	58 waiting	mark
57	-	-	PUNCT	_	56 in	punct
58	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	54 lady	parataxis
59	while	while	SCONJ	_	61 sat	mark
60	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	61 sat	nsubj
61	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	58 waiting	advcl
62	alone	alone	ADV	_	61 sat	advmod
63	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 became	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	loveliness					soon property	tree rules
2	know	participle	loveliness not said here		Henry			perfectly, well property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is	past	Eva			duty		in the antechamber of the Duchess	tree rules
4	hide	participle	loveliness not said here					by the heavy hangings of the deep windows; half compound	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by hanging=Location
5	chat speech: other	past	Eva				hour	with Duchess	vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with she=Co-Agent
6	dare	past	no favourite maid						vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
7	tell speech: assert	infinitive	no favourite maid not said here		maid's royal mistress				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mistress=Recipient
8	entertain	past	maid's royal mistress	the lady					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus lady=Experiencer
9	wait	gerund							vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10	sit	past	maid					alone property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=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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🌲 Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 2, sentence 8

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Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 2, sentence 8