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Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 1, sentence 12

Brunhilda throws herself horrified on her knees before her father, weeping and tearing her hair; but the king, though moved with pity, assures her the Giant has power to destroy him and his kingdom.

Who acts: Brunhilda, king, Giant · What happens: throw, horrify, weep, tear, move, assure · To what, where: Brunhilda, knees, hair, king, power, father

This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Brunhilda, king, Giant), 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

nsubjobjxcompcasenmod:possoblcasenmod:possoblpunctadvclccconjnmod:possobjpunctccdetnsubjpunctmarkaclcaseoblpunctconjobjdetnsubjccompobjmarkaclobjccnmod:possconjpunctrootBrunhildaPROPNthrowsVERBherselfPRONhorrifiedVERBonADPherPRONkneesNOUNbeforeADPherPRONfatherNOUN,PUNCTweepingVERBandCCONJtearingVERBherPRONhairNOUN;PUNCTbutCCONJtheDETkingNOUN,PUNCTthoughSCONJmovedVERBwithADPpityNOUN,PUNCTassuresVERBherPRONtheDETGiantADJhasVERBpowerNOUNtoPARTdestroyVERBhimPRONandCCONJhisPRONkingdomNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1BrunhildaBrunhildaPROPNNumber=Sing2 throwsnsubj
2throwsthrowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3herselfherselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes2 throwsobj
4horrifiedhorrifyVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass2 throwsxcomp
5ononADP_7 kneescase
6herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs7 kneesnmod:poss
7kneeskneeNOUNNumber=Plur4 horrifiedobl
8beforebeforeADP_10 fathercase
9herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs10 fathernmod:poss
10fatherfatherNOUNNumber=Sing4 horrifiedobl
11,,PUNCT_12 weepingpunct
12weepingweepVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part2 throwsadvcl
13andandCCONJ_14 tearingcc
14tearingtearVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part12 weepingconj
15herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs16 hairnmod:poss
16hairhairNOUNNumber=Sing14 tearingobj
17;;PUNCT_27 assurespunct
18butbutCCONJ_27 assurescc
19thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art20 kingdet
20kingkingNOUNNumber=Sing27 assuresnsubj
21,,PUNCT_23 movedpunct
22thoughthoughSCONJ_23 movedmark
23movedmoveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part20 kingacl
24withwithADP_25 pitycase
25pitypityNOUNNumber=Sing23 movedobl
26,,PUNCT_20 kingpunct
27assuresassureVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 throwsconj
28hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs27 assuresobj
29thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art30 Giantdet
30GiantgiantADJDegree=Pos31 hasnsubj
31hashaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin27 assuresccomp
32powerpowerNOUNNumber=Sing31 hasobj
33totoPART_34 destroymark
34destroydestroyVERBVerbForm=Inf32 poweracl
35himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs34 destroyobj
36andandCCONJ_38 kingdomcc
37hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs38 kingdomnmod:poss
38kingdomkingdomNOUNNumber=Sing35 himconj
39..PUNCT_2 throwspunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1throwpresentBrunhildaBrunhildatree rules
2horrifyparticipleBrunhilda not said hereBrunhilda's kneesbefore Brunhilda's fathervn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3weepgerundBrunhilda not said herevn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4teargerundBrunhilda not said hereBrunhilda's hairvn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location hair=Theme
5moveparticiplethe king not said herewith pityvn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
6assurepresentthe kingBrunhildavn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
7havepresentthe Giantpowervn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient
8destroyto-infinitivethe Giant not said herefathervn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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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