Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 4, sentence 36
The two old sinners turned paler than ever, and looked despairingly at each other; but the devil waved his hand, and they drew lots for the third time.
Who acts: two old sinners, devil, sinners · What happens: turn, look, wave, draw · To what, where: hand, lots
This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, A Historical Tale., part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (two old sinners, devil, sinners), 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 | 4 sinners | det |
| 2 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 sinners | nummod |
| 3 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 sinners | amod |
| 4 | sinners | sinner | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 turned | nsubj |
| 5 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | paler | pale | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 turned | xcomp |
| 7 | than | than | ADP | _ | 8 ever | case |
| 8 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 6 paler | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 looked | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 looked | cc |
| 11 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 turned | conj |
| 12 | despairingly | despairingly | ADV | _ | 11 looked | advmod |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 each | case |
| 14 | each | each | DET | ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp | 11 looked | obl |
| 15 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 each | fixed |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 20 waved | punct |
| 17 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 20 waved | cc |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 devil | det |
| 19 | devil | Devil | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 waved | nsubj |
| 20 | waved | wave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 turned | conj |
| 21 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 hand | nmod:poss |
| 22 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 waved | obj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 drew | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 drew | cc |
| 25 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 drew | nsubj |
| 26 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 waved | conj |
| 27 | lots | lot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 drew | obj |
| 28 | for | for | ADP | _ | 31 time | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 time | det |
| 30 | third | third | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 31 time | amod |
| 31 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 drew | obl |
| 32 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 turned | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | past | the two old sinners | pale property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | look | past | the two old sinners not said here | at each; despairingly property | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at each=Theme | ||||
| 3 | wave | past | the devil | devil's hand | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | ||||
| 4 | draw | past | sinners = sinner | lots | time | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=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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