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Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 4, sentence 60

His anger cooled at the sight of the blood; fearful pangs of conscience seized the strong man, he repented his rash deed, turned hurriedly back, hoping he might yet quench the stream of blood, and save the unhappy boy.

Who acts: anger, fearful pangs, Stolberg · What happens: cool, seize, repent, turn, hope, quench · To what, where: sight, strong man, rash deed, stream, unhappy boy, blood · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (anger, fearful pangs, Stolberg), 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

nmod:possnsubjcasedetoblcasedetnmodpunctamodnsubjcasenmodparataxisdetamodobjpunctnsubjconjnmod:possamodobjpunctconjadvmodadvmodpunctadvclnsubjauxadvmodccompdetobjcasenmodpunctccadvcldetamodobjpunctrootHisPRONangerNOUNcooledVERBatADPtheDETsightNOUNofADPtheDETbloodNOUN;PUNCTfearfulADJpangsNOUNofADPconscienceNOUNseizedVERBtheDETstrongADJmanNOUN,PUNCThePRONrepentedVERBhisPRONrashADJdeedNOUN,PUNCTturnedVERBhurriedlyADVbackADV,PUNCThopingVERBhePRONmightAUXyetADVquenchVERBtheDETstreamNOUNofADPbloodNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJsaveVERBtheDETunhappyADJboyNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 angernmod:poss
2angerangerNOUNNumber=Sing3 coolednsubj
3cooledcoolVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4atatADP_6 sightcase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 sightdet
6sightsightNOUNNumber=Sing3 cooledobl
7ofofADP_9 bloodcase
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 blooddet
9bloodbloodNOUNNumber=Sing6 sightnmod
10;;PUNCT_15 seizedpunct
11fearfulfearfulADJDegree=Pos12 pangsamod
12pangspangNOUNNumber=Plur15 seizednsubj
13ofofADP_14 consciencecase
14conscienceconscienceNOUNNumber=Sing12 pangsnmod
15seizedseizeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 cooledparataxis
16thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art18 mandet
17strongstrongADJDegree=Pos18 manamod
18manmanNOUNNumber=Sing15 seizedobj
19,,PUNCT_21 repentedpunct
20hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs21 repentednsubj
21repentedrepentVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin15 seizedconj
22hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs24 deednmod:poss
23rashrashADJDegree=Pos24 deedamod
24deeddeedNOUNNumber=Sing21 repentedobj
25,,PUNCT_26 turnedpunct
26turnedturnVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin15 seizedconj
27hurriedlyhurriedlyADV_28 backadvmod
28backbackADV_26 turnedadvmod
29,,PUNCT_30 hopingpunct
30hopinghopeVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part26 turnedadvcl
31hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs34 quenchnsubj
32mightmightAUXVerbForm=Fin34 quenchaux
33yetyetADV_34 quenchadvmod
34quenchquenchVERBVerbForm=Inf30 hopingccomp
35thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art36 streamdet
36streamstreamNOUNNumber=Sing34 quenchobj
37ofofADP_38 bloodcase
38bloodbloodNOUNNumber=Sing36 streamnmod
39,,PUNCT_41 savepunct
40andandCCONJ_41 savecc
41savesaveVERBVerbForm=Inf3 cooledadvcl
42thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art44 boydet
43unhappyunhappyADJDegree=Pos44 boyamod
44boyboyNOUNNumber=Sing41 saveobj
45..PUNCT_3 cooledpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1coolpastStolberg's angerthe sight of the bloodvn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2seizepastfearful pangs of consciencethe strong manvn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme
3repentpastangerStolberg's rash deedtree rules
4turnpastfearful pangs of conscience not said herevn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
5hopegerundfearful pangs of conscience not said herevn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
6quenchmightangerthe stream of bloodyetvn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus stream=Experiencer
7saveinfinitiveStolberg's anger not said herethe unhappy boyvn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Theme
8angerStolbergnom anger «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent
9sightthe bloodnom sight «cognition 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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