Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 2, sentence 9
At last, one day, the Mistress of the Robes, who had more than once reproved Eva for frivolity, and whose curiosity had got the better of her dignity, listens and hears Henry ask Eva to meet him in the evening at ten o'clock in the linden allée for a walk to the arbour at the end of it, and the thoughtless girl consents.
Who acts: curiosity, Henry · What happens: reprove, get, listen, hear, ask, meet · To what, where: Mistress, Eva, ten o'clock · 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 (curiosity, Henry), 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 | _ | 5 day | case |
| 2 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 day | amod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 last | punct |
| 4 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 day | nummod |
| 5 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 reproved | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 day | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Mistress | det |
| 8 | Mistress | mistress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 reproved | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 Robes | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Robes | det |
| 11 | Robes | robe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 Mistress | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 had | punct |
| 13 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 had | nsubj |
| 14 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 reproved | aux |
| 15 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV | 14 had | obj |
| 16 | than | than | ADP | _ | 15 more | fixed |
| 17 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 18 reproved | advmod |
| 18 | reproved | reprove | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 19 | Eva | Eva | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 reproved | obj |
| 20 | for | for | ADP | _ | 21 frivolity | case |
| 21 | frivolity | frivolity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 reproved | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 got | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 got | cc |
| 24 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 25 curiosity | nmod:poss |
| 25 | curiosity | curiosity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 got | nsubj |
| 26 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 got | aux |
| 27 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 18 reproved | parataxis |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 better | det |
| 29 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 27 got | xcomp |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 dignity | case |
| 31 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 dignity | nmod:poss |
| 32 | dignity | dignity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 better | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 listens | punct |
| 34 | listens | listen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 got | conj |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 hears | cc |
| 36 | hears | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 34 listens | conj |
| 37 | Henry | Henry | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 ask | nsubj |
| 38 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 36 hears | ccomp |
| 39 | Eva | Eva | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 ask | obj |
| 40 | to | to | PART | _ | 41 meet | mark |
| 41 | meet | meet | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 38 ask | xcomp |
| 42 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 meet | obj |
| 43 | in | in | ADP | _ | 45 evening | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 evening | det |
| 45 | evening | evening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 meet | obl |
| 46 | at | at | ADP | _ | 48 o'clock | case |
| 47 | ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 48 o'clock | nummod |
| 48 | o'clock | o'clock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 meet | obl |
| 49 | in | in | ADP | _ | 52 allée | case |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 allée | det |
| 51 | linden | linden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 allée | compound |
| 52 | allée | allée | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 o'clock | nmod |
| 53 | for | for | ADP | _ | 55 walk | case |
| 54 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 55 walk | det |
| 55 | walk | walk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 meet | obl |
| 56 | to | to | ADP | _ | 58 arbour | case |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 arbour | det |
| 58 | arbour | arbour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 walk | nmod |
| 59 | at | at | ADP | _ | 61 end | case |
| 60 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 61 end | det |
| 61 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 walk | nmod |
| 62 | of | of | ADP | _ | 63 it | case |
| 63 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 61 end | nmod |
| 64 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 69 consents | punct |
| 65 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 69 consents | cc |
| 66 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 69 consents | det |
| 67 | thoughtless | thoughtless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 69 consents | amod |
| 68 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 69 consents | compound |
| 69 | consents | consent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 reproved | conj |
| 70 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 18 reproved | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reprove | past · perfect · passive | the Mistress of the Robes | day | for frivolity; Eva obj; the thoughtless girl consents conj; once property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | get | past · perfect | curiosity | good property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | listen | present | curiosity not said here | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | hear | present | curiosity not said here | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 5 | ask speech: ask | infinitive | Henry | Eva | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent eva=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 6 | meet not said to happen | to-infinitive | Henry not said here | Eva | ten o'clock in the linden allée | evening | for a walk to the arbour at the end of loveliness | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-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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