Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 3, sentence 94
For him I have robbed the Duchess of her husband, deceived my brave father and my brothers, desecrated God's altar, sacrificed life, youth, honour, happiness; I live only for him.
Who acts: Duchess, I · What happens: rob, deceive, desecrate, sacrifice, live · To what, where: Henry, brave father, altar, life
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, I), 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 | For | for | SCONJ | _ | 5 robbed | mark |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 robbed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 robbed | nsubj |
| 4 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 robbed | aux |
| 5 | robbed | rob | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 deceived | advcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Duchess | det |
| 7 | Duchess | Duchess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 deceived | nsubj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 husband | case |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 husband | nmod:poss |
| 10 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 Duchess | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 deceived | punct |
| 12 | deceived | deceive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 father | nmod:poss |
| 14 | brave | brave | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 father | amod |
| 15 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 deceived | obj |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 brothers | cc |
| 17 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 18 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 father | conj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 desecrated | punct |
| 20 | desecrated | desecrate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 father | conj |
| 21 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 altar | nmod:poss |
| 22 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 21 God | case |
| 23 | altar | altar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 desecrated | obj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 sacrificed | punct |
| 25 | sacrificed | sacrifice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 deceived | conj |
| 26 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 sacrificed | obj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 youth | punct |
| 28 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 life | conj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 honour | punct |
| 30 | honour | honour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 life | conj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 happiness | punct |
| 32 | happiness | happiness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 honour | conj |
| 33 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 35 live | punct |
| 34 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 35 live | nsubj |
| 35 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 deceived | conj |
| 36 | only | only | ADV | _ | 38 him | advmod |
| 37 | for | for | ADP | _ | 38 him | case |
| 38 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 live | obl |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 deceived | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rob | present · perfect · passive | Henry | I nsubj | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Source | ||||
| 2 | deceive | past | the Duchess of Duchess's husband | my brave father and my brothers | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Patient | ||||
| 3 | desecrate | participle | the Duchess of Duchess's husband not said here | God's altar | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent altar=Patient | ||||
| 4 | sacrifice | past | the Duchess of Duchess's husband not said here | life and youth and honour and happiness | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent life=Theme | ||||
| 5 | live | present | I | for Henry | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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