Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 3, sentence 121

The Duchess communicates this discovery to the King of Wurtemburg, her father, letters of reproof are sent to Henry from him and the Kaiser, and the Pope threatens him with excommunication.

Who acts: Duchess, Pope · What happens: communicate, send, threaten, letter · To what, where: discovery, King, father, Henry, reproof

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 (Duchess, Pope), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Duchess	det
2	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 communicates	nsubj
3	communicates	communicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 discovery	det
5	discovery	discovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 communicates	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 King	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 King	det
8	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 communicates	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Wurtemburg	case
10	Wurtemburg	Wurtemburg	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 King	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 father	punct
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 father	nmod:poss
13	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 sent	nsubj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 letters	punct
15	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 father	conj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 reproof	case
17	reproof	reproof	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 letters	nmod
18	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 sent	aux:pass
19	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 communicates	parataxis
20	to	to	ADP	_	21 Henry	case
21	Henry	Henry	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 sent	obl
22	from	from	ADP	_	23 him	case
23	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 sent	obl
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 Kaiser	cc
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 Kaiser	det
26	Kaiser	Kaiser	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 him	conj
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 threatens	punct
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 threatens	cc
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 Pope	det
30	Pope	Pope	PROPN	Number=Sing	31 threatens	nsubj
31	threatens	threaten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 communicates	conj
32	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 threatens	obj
33	with	with	ADP	_	34 excommunication	case
34	excommunication	excommunication	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 threatens	obl
35	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 communicates	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	communicate	present	the Duchess	this discovery	the King of Wurtemburg		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent discovery=Topic to king=Recipient
2	send	present · passive		Duchess's father and letters of reproof	Henry	from Henry	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: subject=Theme to henry=Destination from he=Initial_Location
3	threaten	present	the Pope	father		with excommunication	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer
4	letter			reproof			nom letter «communication 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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🌲 Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 3, sentence 121

The tree

Pragmatics

Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 3, sentence 121