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Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 3, sentence 10

Magda stared at the old hump-backed woman and her basket, and hesitated; but seeing she knew the secret, at last concluded all was right.

Who acts: Magda, all · What happens: stare, back, hesitate, see, know, conclude · To what, where: secret

This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, A Historical Tale., part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Magda, all), 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

nsubjcasedetamodcompoundpunctamodoblccnmod:possconjpunctccparataxispunctccadvclnsubjparataxisdetobjpunctmarkamodconjnsubjcopccomppunctrootMagdaPROPNstaredVERBatADPtheDEToldADJhumpNOUN-PUNCTbackedVERBwomanNOUNandCCONJherPRONbasketNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJhesitatedVERB;PUNCTbutCCONJseeingVERBshePRONknewVERBtheDETsecretNOUN,PUNCTatSCONJlastADJconcludedVERBallDETwasAUXrightADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MagdaMagdaPROPNNumber=Sing2 starednsubj
2staredstareVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3atatADP_9 womancase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 womandet
5oldoldADJDegree=Pos9 womanamod
6humphumpNOUNNumber=Sing8 backedcompound
7--PUNCT_6 humppunct
8backedbackVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass9 womanamod
9womanwomanNOUNNumber=Sing2 staredobl
10andandCCONJ_12 basketcc
11herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs12 basketnmod:poss
12basketbasketNOUNNumber=Sing9 womanconj
13,,PUNCT_15 hesitatedpunct
14andandCCONJ_15 hesitatedcc
15hesitatedhesitateVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass2 staredparataxis
16;;PUNCT_20 knewpunct
17butbutCCONJ_20 knewcc
18seeingseeVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part20 knewadvcl
19sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs20 knewnsubj
20knewknowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 staredparataxis
21thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art22 secretdet
22secretsecretNOUNNumber=Sing20 knewobj
23,,PUNCT_26 concludedpunct
24atatSCONJ_26 concludedmark
25lastlastADJDegree=Pos26 concludedamod
26concludedconcludeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass20 knewconj
27allallDETPronType=Tot29 rightnsubj
28wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin29 rightcop
29rightrightADJDegree=Pos26 concludedccomp
30..PUNCT_2 staredpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1starepastMagdaat the old backed woman and Magda's basketvn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at woman=Theme
2backparticiplehump compoundvn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3hesitateparticiplevn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
4seegerundMagda not said herevn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
5knowpastMagdathe secretvn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer secret=Stimulus
6concludeparticipleMagda not said herevn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
7ispastallright propertytree rules

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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