Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 1, sentence 6
Mighty rulers and the sons of kings sought the hand of the lovely royal maiden, and among the numerous wooers came the son of the king of the Harz, who won her heart; and after the lovers had sworn everlasting fidelity, the Harz Prince returned to his father to announce his betrothal and make arrangements for the nuptials.
Who acts: Mighty rulers, numerous wooers, Harz, Harz Prince, king · What happens: seek, come, win, swear, return, announce · To what, where: hand, heart, everlasting fidelity, betrothal, arrangements
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 (Mighty rulers, numerous wooers, Harz, Harz Prince), 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 | Mighty | mighty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 rulers | amod |
| 2 | rulers | ruler | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 sought | nsubj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 sons | cc |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sons | det |
| 5 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 rulers | conj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 kings | case |
| 7 | kings | king | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 sons | nmod |
| 8 | sought | seek | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 hand | det |
| 10 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sought | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 maiden | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 maiden | det |
| 13 | lovely | lovely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 maiden | amod |
| 14 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 maiden | amod |
| 15 | maiden | maiden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 hand | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 came | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 came | cc |
| 18 | among | among | ADP | _ | 21 wooers | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 wooers | det |
| 20 | numerous | numerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 wooers | amod |
| 21 | wooers | wooer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 came | nsubj |
| 22 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 sought | parataxis |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 son | det |
| 24 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 came | nsubj |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 king | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 king | det |
| 27 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 son | nmod |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 Harz | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 Harz | det |
| 30 | Harz | Harz | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 king | nmod |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 won | punct |
| 32 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 33 won | nsubj |
| 33 | won | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 Harz | acl:relcl |
| 34 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 heart | nmod:poss |
| 35 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 won | obj |
| 36 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 42 sworn | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 sworn | cc |
| 38 | after | after | ADP | _ | 40 lovers | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 lovers | det |
| 40 | lovers | lover | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 sworn | obl |
| 41 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 sworn | aux |
| 42 | sworn | swear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 sought | conj |
| 43 | everlasting | everlasting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 fidelity | compound |
| 44 | fidelity | fidelity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 sworn | obj |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 returned | punct |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 Prince | det |
| 47 | Harz | Harz | PROPN | Number=Sing | 48 Prince | compound |
| 48 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 49 returned | nsubj |
| 49 | returned | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 sought | conj |
| 50 | to | to | ADP | _ | 52 father | case |
| 51 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 52 father | nmod:poss |
| 52 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 returned | obl |
| 53 | to | to | PART | _ | 54 announce | mark |
| 54 | announce | announce | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 49 returned | advcl |
| 55 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 56 betrothal | nmod:poss |
| 56 | betrothal | betrothal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 announce | obj |
| 57 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 58 make | cc |
| 58 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 54 announce | conj |
| 59 | arrangements | arrangement | NOUN | Number=Plur | 58 make | obj |
| 60 | for | for | ADP | _ | 62 nuptials | case |
| 61 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 62 nuptials | det |
| 62 | nuptials | nuptial | NOUN | Number=Plur | 59 arrangements | nmod |
| 63 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 sought | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | seek | past | Mighty rulers and the sons of kings | the hand of the lovely royal maiden | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme | ||||
| 2 | come | past | the numerous wooers | the son of the king of the Harz nsubj | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | win | past | the Harz | beauty's heart | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Eventuality | ||||
| 4 | swear | past · perfect | Mighty rulers and the sons of kings not said here | everlasting fidelity | after the lovers | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent fidelity=Eventuality | |||
| 5 | return | past | the Harz Prince | to king's father result | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to father=Result | ||||
| 6 | announce speech: other | to-infinitive | the Harz Prince not said here | king's betrothal | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent betrothal=Theme | ||||
| 7 | make | present | the Harz Prince not said here | arrangements | for the nuptials | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent arrangement=Product for nuptial=Asset | |||
| 8 | betroth | king | nom betrothal «communication transitive»: 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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