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Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 4, sentence 8

At the right, against the rocky wall, shimmering with gold and silver, stood a couch of red velvet embroidered in gold, and on the silken cushions lay a sleeping maiden of such super-terrestrial beauty, that Schlosser could not take his eyes from the picture, and was drawn forward by force by his companions.

Who acts: rocky wall, silken cushions, Schlosser, force · What happens: shimmer, stand, embroider, lay, sleep, not take · To what, where: couch, right, red velvet, gold, sleeping maiden, eyes

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 (rocky wall, silken cushions, Schlosser, force), 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

casedetoblpunctcasedetamodnmodpunctaclcaseoblccconjpunctdetobjcaseamodnmodaclcaseoblpunctcccasedetamodnsubjparataxisdetamodobjcaseamodamodpunctcompoundnmodpunctmarknsubjauxadvmodconjnmod:possobjcasedetoblpunctccaux:passconjadvmodcaseoblcasenmod:possoblpunctrootAtADPtheDETrightNOUN,PUNCTagainstADPtheDETrockyADJwallNOUN,PUNCTshimmeringVERBwithADPgoldNOUNandCCONJsilverNOUN,PUNCTstoodVERBaDETcouchNOUNofADPredADJvelvetNOUNembroideredVERBinADPgoldNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJonADPtheDETsilkenADJcushionsNOUNlayVERBaDETsleepingVERBmaidenNOUNofADPsuchADJsuperADJ-PUNCTterrestrialNOUNbeautyNOUN,PUNCTthatSCONJSchlosserPROPNcouldAUXnotPARTtakeVERBhisPRONeyesNOUNfromADPtheDETpictureNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJwasAUXdrawnVERBforwardADVbyADPforceNOUNbyADPhisPRONcompanionsNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AtatADP_3 rightcase
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 rightdet
3rightrightNOUNNumber=Sing16 stoodobl
4,,PUNCT_8 wallpunct
5againstagainstADP_8 wallcase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 walldet
7rockyrockyADJDegree=Pos8 wallamod
8wallwallNOUNNumber=Sing3 rightnmod
9,,PUNCT_10 shimmeringpunct
10shimmeringshimmerVERBVerbForm=Ger8 wallacl
11withwithADP_12 goldcase
12goldgoldNOUNNumber=Sing10 shimmeringobl
13andandCCONJ_14 silvercc
14silversilverNOUNNumber=Sing12 goldconj
15,,PUNCT_3 rightpunct
16stoodstandVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
17aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art18 couchdet
18couchcouchNOUNNumber=Sing16 stoodobj
19ofofADP_21 velvetcase
20redredADJDegree=Pos21 velvetamod
21velvetvelvetNOUNNumber=Sing18 couchnmod
22embroideredembroiderVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass21 velvetacl
23ininADP_24 goldcase
24goldgoldNOUNNumber=Sing22 embroideredobl
25,,PUNCT_31 laypunct
26andandCCONJ_31 laycc
27ononADP_30 cushionscase
28thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art30 cushionsdet
29silkensilkenADJDegree=Pos30 cushionsamod
30cushionscushionNOUNNumber=Plur31 laynsubj
31laylayVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin16 stoodparataxis
32aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art34 maidendet
33sleepingsleepVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part34 maidenamod
34maidenmaidenNOUNNumber=Sing31 layobj
35ofofADP_40 beautycase
36suchsuchADJDegree=Pos40 beautyamod
37supersuperADJDegree=Pos39 terrestrialamod
38--PUNCT_37 superpunct
39terrestrialterrestrialNOUNNumber=Sing40 beautycompound
40beautybeautyNOUNNumber=Sing34 maidennmod
41,,PUNCT_46 takepunct
42thatthatSCONJ_46 takemark
43SchlosserSchlosserPROPNNumber=Sing46 takensubj
44couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin46 takeaux
45notnotPARTPolarity=Neg46 takeadvmod
46taketakeVERBVerbForm=Inf31 layconj
47hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs48 eyesnmod:poss
48eyeseyeNOUNNumber=Plur46 takeobj
49fromfromADP_51 picturecase
50thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art51 picturedet
51picturepictureNOUNNumber=Sing46 takeobl
52,,PUNCT_55 drawnpunct
53andandCCONJ_55 drawncc
54wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin55 drawnaux:pass
55drawndrawVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass16 stoodconj
56forwardforwardADV_55 drawnadvmod
57bybyADP_58 forcecase
58forceforceNOUNNumber=Sing55 drawnobl
59bybyADP_61 companionscase
60hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs61 companionsnmod:poss
61companionscompanionNOUNNumber=Plur55 drawnobl
62..PUNCT_16 stoodpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1shimmergerundthe rocky wall not said herewith gold and silvervn light_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with gold=Theme
2standpasta couch of red velvetthe right against the rocky wallvn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent couch=Theme at right=Destination
3embroiderparticiplered velvet not said heregoldvn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent in gold=Destination
4laypresentthe silken cushionsa sleeping maiden of such terrestrial beautyvn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maiden=Result
5sleepgerundvn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6not takecouldSchlosserSchlosser's eyesthe picturevn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent eye=Theme from picture=Initial_Location
7drawpast · passiveforceby Schlosser's companions; forward propertyvn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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