Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 3, sentence 173
And she opened a cupboard, took out a plant, sewed it in his shirt in three different places, made a sign of the cross above each place, and said, "That which I have sewed in thy shirt is _origanum_, a sure defence against all enchantment, and even the devil; so go in peace, in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
Who acts: Evil · What happens: open, take out, sew, make, say, be · To what, where: cupboard, plant, shirt, sign, That, sewed _ origanum · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (Evil), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 opened | cc |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 opened | nsubj |
| 3 | opened | open | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 cupboard | det |
| 5 | cupboard | cupboard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 opened | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 took | punct |
| 7 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 opened | conj |
| 8 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 took | compound:prt |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 plant | det |
| 10 | plant | plant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 took | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 sewed | punct |
| 12 | sewed | sew | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 took | parataxis |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 sewed | obj |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 shirt | case |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 shirt | nmod:poss |
| 16 | shirt | shirt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 sewed | obl |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 places | case |
| 18 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 20 places | nummod |
| 19 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 places | amod |
| 20 | places | place | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 sewed | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 made | punct |
| 22 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 sewed | conj |
| 23 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 sign | det |
| 24 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 made | obj |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 cross | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 cross | det |
| 27 | cross | cross | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 sign | nmod |
| 28 | above | above | ADP | _ | 30 place | case |
| 29 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 30 place | det |
| 30 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 cross | nmod |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 said | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 said | cc |
| 33 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 opened | conj |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 sewed | punct |
| 35 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 40 sewed | punct |
| 36 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 40 sewed | nsubj |
| 37 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 40 sewed | nsubj:pass |
| 38 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 40 sewed | nsubj |
| 39 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 40 sewed | aux |
| 40 | sewed | sew | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 46 origanum | amod |
| 41 | in | in | ADP | _ | 43 shirt | case |
| 42 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 43 shirt | nmod:poss |
| 43 | shirt | shirt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 sewed | obl |
| 44 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 46 origanum | cop |
| 45 | _ | _ | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 origanum | amod |
| 46 | origanum | origanum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 said | ccomp |
| 47 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 46 origanum | punct |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 defence | punct |
| 49 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 51 defence | det |
| 50 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 defence | amod |
| 51 | defence | defence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 origanum | conj |
| 52 | against | against | ADP | _ | 54 enchantment | case |
| 53 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 54 enchantment | det |
| 54 | enchantment | enchantment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 defence | nmod |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 devil | punct |
| 56 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 59 devil | cc |
| 57 | even | even | ADV | _ | 59 devil | advmod |
| 58 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 59 devil | det |
| 59 | devil | devil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 origanum | conj |
| 60 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 62 go | punct |
| 61 | so | so | ADV | _ | 62 go | advmod |
| 62 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 opened | conj |
| 63 | in | in | ADP | _ | 64 peace | case |
| 64 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 go | obl |
| 65 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 68 name | punct |
| 66 | in | in | ADP | _ | 68 name | case |
| 67 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 68 name | det |
| 68 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 go | obl |
| 69 | of | of | ADP | _ | 71 Father | case |
| 70 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 71 Father | det |
| 71 | Father | Father | PROPN | Number=Sing | 68 name | nmod |
| 72 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 75 Son | punct |
| 73 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 75 Son | cc |
| 74 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 75 Son | det |
| 75 | Son | Son | PROPN | Number=Sing | 71 Father | conj |
| 76 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 80 Ghost | punct |
| 77 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 80 Ghost | cc |
| 78 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 80 Ghost | det |
| 79 | Holy | Holy | PROPN | _ | 80 Ghost | compound |
| 80 | Ghost | Ghost | PROPN | Number=Sing | 71 Father | conj |
| 81 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 opened | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | open | past | Evil | a cupboard | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cupboard=Theme | ||||
| 2 | take out | past | Evil not said here | a plant | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plant=Theme | ||||
| 3 | sew | past | cupboard | cave's shirt | in three different places | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in shirt=Destination | |||
| 4 | make | past | a sign of the cross above each place | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sign=Product | |||||
| 5 | say speech: assert | past | Evil not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | sew in a quote | present · perfect · passive | That | thy shirt | sewed _ origanum and a sure defence against all enchantment and the devil nsubj:pass; I nsubj | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in shirt=Destination | |||
| 7 | is a in a quote | present | sewed _ origanum and a sure defence against all enchantment and the devil | a sure defence against all enchantment conj; the devil conj | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | go in a quote | infinitive | Evil not said here | peace | in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in peace=Location | |||
| 9 | sign | the cross above each place | nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 10 | name in a quote | the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost | nom name «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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