Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 1, sentence 64
[1] It must be remembered that the Bodethal was unapproachable, no path whatever existing, until von Bülow caused the path to be constructed in 1818, past the Rosstrappe to the Devil's Bridge overlooking the Bode Kessel.
Who acts: Bodethal, von, Rosstrappe · What happens: remember, be, exist, cause, construct, overlook · To what, where: news, whatever, path, 1818, Bode Kessel
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 (Bodethal, von, Rosstrappe), 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 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 2 1 | punct |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 remembered | discourse |
| 3 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 2 1 | punct |
| 4 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 remembered | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 remembered | aux |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 remembered | aux:pass |
| 7 | remembered | remember | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 12 unapproachable | mark |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Bodethal | det |
| 10 | Bodethal | Bodethal | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 unapproachable | nsubj |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 unapproachable | cop |
| 12 | unapproachable | unapproachable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 remembered | advcl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 path | punct |
| 14 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 15 path | det |
| 15 | path | path | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 unapproachable | conj |
| 16 | whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 existing | obj |
| 17 | existing | exist | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 15 path | acl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 caused | punct |
| 19 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 22 caused | mark |
| 20 | von | von | PROPN | _ | 22 caused | nsubj |
| 21 | Bülow | Bülow | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 von | flat |
| 22 | caused | cause | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 remembered | parataxis |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 path | det |
| 24 | path | path | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 caused | obj |
| 25 | to | to | PART | _ | 27 constructed | mark |
| 26 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 27 constructed | aux:pass |
| 27 | constructed | construct | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 24 path | acl |
| 28 | in | in | ADP | _ | 29 1818 | case |
| 29 | 1818 | 1818 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 27 constructed | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 Rosstrappe | punct |
| 31 | past | past | ADP | _ | 33 Rosstrappe | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 Rosstrappe | det |
| 33 | Rosstrappe | Rosstrappe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 remembered | obl |
| 34 | to | to | ADP | _ | 38 Bridge | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 Devil | det |
| 36 | Devil | Devil | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 Bridge | nmod:poss |
| 37 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 36 Devil | case |
| 38 | Bridge | Bridge | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 Rosstrappe | nmod |
| 39 | overlooking | overlook | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 33 Rosstrappe | acl |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 Kessel | det |
| 41 | Bode | Bode | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 Kessel | compound |
| 42 | Kessel | Kessel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 overlooking | obj |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 remembered | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remember | must · passive | news | past the Rosstrappe to the Devil's Bridge; 1 discourse | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | past | the Bodethal | no path conj; unapproachable property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | exist | gerund | whatever | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | cause | past | von | the path | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition path=Patient | ||||
| 5 | construct | to-infinitive · passive | von not said here | the path not said here | 1818 | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP» | |||
| 6 | overlook | gerund | the Rosstrappe to the Devil's Bridge not said here | the Bode Kessel | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kessel=Theme |
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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