Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 2, sentence 93
The following day, after a stormy scene between the Duke and Duchess, Henry left the castle to attend to business, as he said, and on his return found that the new maid of honour had resigned her office and left the Court.
Who acts: Henry · What happens: follow, leave, attend, say, find, resign · To what, where: castle, return, new maid, Court · 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 (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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 day | det |
| 2 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 day | amod |
| 3 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 left | obl:unmarked |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 scene | punct |
| 5 | after | after | ADP | _ | 8 scene | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 scene | det |
| 7 | stormy | stormy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 scene | amod |
| 8 | scene | scene | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 day | appos |
| 9 | between | between | ADP | _ | 11 Duke | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Duke | det |
| 11 | Duke | Duke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 scene | nmod |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 Duchess | cc |
| 13 | Duchess | Duchess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Duke | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 day | punct |
| 15 | Henry | Henry | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 left | nsubj |
| 16 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 castle | det |
| 18 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 left | obj |
| 19 | to | to | PART | _ | 20 attend | mark |
| 20 | attend | attend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 left | advcl |
| 21 | to | to | ADP | _ | 22 business | case |
| 22 | business | business | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 attend | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 said | punct |
| 24 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 26 said | mark |
| 25 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 said | nsubj |
| 26 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 left | parataxis |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 found | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 found | cc |
| 29 | on | on | ADP | _ | 31 return | case |
| 30 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 return | nmod:poss |
| 31 | return | return | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 found | obl |
| 32 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 said | conj |
| 33 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 40 resigned | mark |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 maid | det |
| 35 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 maid | amod |
| 36 | maid | maid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 resigned | nsubj:pass |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 honour | case |
| 38 | honour | honour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 maid | nmod |
| 39 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 resigned | aux |
| 40 | resigned | resign | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 32 found | ccomp |
| 41 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 office | nmod:poss |
| 42 | office | office | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 resigned | obj |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 left | cc |
| 44 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 resigned | conj |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 Court | det |
| 46 | Court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 left | obj |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 left | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | leave | past | Henry | the castle | day | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent castle=Theme | |||
| 3 | attend | to-infinitive | Henry not said here | to business | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent to business=Theme | ||||
| 4 | say speech: assert | past | Henry | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | find | past | Henry not said here | Henry's return | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||
| 6 | resign | past · perfect · passive | the new maid of honour | maid's office obj | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | leave | past | the Court | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent court=Theme | |||||
| 8 | return | Henry | nom return «communication 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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