Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 3, sentence 110
If I should see Henry, I should forget all respect for his person as Duke, and give him a piece of my mind.
Who acts: I, my · What happens: see, forget, give, mind · To what, where: Henry, respect, piece
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 (I, my), 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 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 4 see | mark |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 see | nsubj |
| 3 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 see | aux |
| 4 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 forget | advcl |
| 5 | Henry | Henry | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 see | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 see | punct |
| 7 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 forget | nsubj |
| 8 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 forget | aux |
| 9 | forget | forget | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 respect | det |
| 11 | respect | respect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 forget | obj |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 person | case |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 person | nmod:poss |
| 14 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 respect | nmod |
| 15 | as | as | ADP | _ | 16 Duke | case |
| 16 | Duke | Duke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 person | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 give | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 give | cc |
| 19 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 forget | conj |
| 20 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 give | iobj |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 piece | det |
| 22 | piece | piece | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 give | obj |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 mind | case |
| 24 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 mind | nmod:poss |
| 25 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 piece | nmod |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 forget | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see a condition, not said to happen | should | I | Henry | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer henry=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | forget | should | I | all respect | for Henry's person as Duke | tree rules | |||
| 3 | give | infinitive | I not said here | a piece of my mind | Henry | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient piece=Theme | |||
| 4 | mind | my | nom mind «cognition 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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