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Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 1, sentence 94

Then a ray of sunshine bursts forth, making the colossal rocks glitter like silver towers, and the waterfall like dropping diamonds, and through the pearly foam appeared a hand holding the Golden Crown; the howlings became weaker, and the whisper went round, "He has conquered!"

Who acts: ray, colossal rocks, waterfall, pearly foam, hand, howlings · What happens: burst, make, glitter, drop, appear, hold · To what, where: diamonds, hand, Golden Crown, sunshine · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (ray, colossal rocks, waterfall, pearly foam), 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

advmoddetnsubjcasenmodadvmodpunctadvcldetamodnsubjxcompcasecompoundoblpunctccdetconjmarkaclobjpunctcccasedetamodnsubjconjdetobjacldetamodobjpunctdetnsubjparataxisxcomppunctccdetnsubjconjadvmodpunctpunctnsubjauxparataxispunctpunctrootThenADVaDETrayNOUNofADPsunshineNOUNburstsVERBforthADV,PUNCTmakingVERBtheDETcolossalADJrocksNOUNglitterVERBlikeADPsilverNOUNtowersNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJtheDETwaterfallNOUNlikeSCONJdroppingVERBdiamondsNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJthroughADPtheDETpearlyADJfoamNOUNappearedVERBaDEThandNOUNholdingVERBtheDETGoldenADJCrownPROPN;PUNCTtheDEThowlingsNOUNbecameVERBweakerADJ,PUNCTandCCONJtheDETwhisperNOUNwentVERBroundADV,PUNCT"PUNCTHePRONhasAUXconqueredVERB!PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThenthenADVPronType=Dem6 burstsadvmod
2aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art3 raydet
3rayrayNOUNNumber=Sing6 burstsnsubj
4ofofADP_5 sunshinecase
5sunshinesunshineNOUNNumber=Sing3 raynmod
6burstsburstVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
7forthforthADV_6 burstsadvmod
8,,PUNCT_9 makingpunct
9makingmakeVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part6 burstsadvcl
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 rocksdet
11colossalcolossalADJDegree=Pos12 rocksamod
12rocksrockNOUNNumber=Plur13 glitternsubj
13glitterglitterVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 makingxcomp
14likelikeADP_16 towerscase
15silversilverNOUNNumber=Sing16 towerscompound
16towerstowerNOUNNumber=Plur13 glitterobl
17,,PUNCT_20 waterfallpunct
18andandCCONJ_20 waterfallcc
19thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art20 waterfalldet
20waterfallwaterfallNOUNNumber=Sing6 burstsconj
21likelikeSCONJ_22 droppingmark
22droppingdropVERBVerbForm=Ger20 waterfallacl
23diamondsdiamondNOUNNumber=Plur22 droppingobj
24,,PUNCT_30 appearedpunct
25andandCCONJ_30 appearedcc
26throughthroughADP_29 foamcase
27thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art29 foamdet
28pearlypearlyADJDegree=Pos29 foamamod
29foamfoamNOUNNumber=Sing30 appearednsubj
30appearedappearVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 burstsconj
31aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art32 handdet
32handhandNOUNNumber=Sing30 appearedobj
33holdingholdVERBVerbForm=Ger32 handacl
34thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art36 Crowndet
35GoldengoldenADJDegree=Pos36 Crownamod
36CrownCrownPROPNNumber=Sing33 holdingobj
37;;PUNCT_40 becamepunct
38thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art39 howlingsdet
39howlingshowlingNOUNNumber=Plur40 becamensubj
40becamebecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 burstsparataxis
41weakerweakADJDegree=Cmp40 becamexcomp
42,,PUNCT_46 wentpunct
43andandCCONJ_46 wentcc
44thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art45 whisperdet
45whisperwhisperNOUNNumber=Sing46 wentnsubj
46wentgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin40 becameconj
47roundroundADV_46 wentadvmod
48,,PUNCT_52 conqueredpunct
49""PUNCT_52 conqueredpunct
50HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs52 conquerednsubj
51hashaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin52 conqueredaux
52conqueredconquerVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part46 wentparataxis
53!!PUNCT_6 burstspunct
54""PUNCT_6 burstspunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1burstpresenta ray of sunshinethenthe waterfall conj; forth propertyvn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2makegerunda ray of sunshine not said heretree rules
3glitterpresentthe colossal rockslike silver towersvn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4dropgerundthe waterfall not said herediamondsvn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent diamond=Theme
5appearpastthe pearly foama handvn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hand=Theme
6holdgerunda hand not said herethe Golden Crownvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crown=Theme
7becomepastthe howlingsweak propertyvn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
8go roundpastthe whisperround propertyvn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
9conquer in a quotepresent · perfectwhispervn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
10raysunshinenom ray «phenomenon transitive»: of=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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