Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 4, sentence 91
At the same time he must solemnly promise that at the expiration of a year, at a certain hour, he will return the same sum to the same place, because, as a result of his failing to do so, she herself would suffer great injury.
Who acts: sympathy, maiden · What happens: promise, return, fail, not do, suffer · To what, where: same time, same sum, same place, result, great injury
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 (sympathy, maiden), 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 4 time | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 time | det |
| 3 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 time | amod |
| 4 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 return | obl |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 promise | nsubj |
| 6 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 promise | aux |
| 7 | solemnly | solemnly | ADV | _ | 8 promise | advmod |
| 8 | promise | promise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 time | acl:relcl |
| 9 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 12 expiration | mark |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 expiration | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 expiration | det |
| 12 | expiration | expiration | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 promise | ccomp |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 year | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 year | det |
| 15 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 expiration | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 hour | punct |
| 17 | at | at | ADP | _ | 20 hour | case |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 hour | det |
| 19 | certain | certain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 hour | amod |
| 20 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 promise | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 time | punct |
| 22 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 return | nsubj |
| 23 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 24 return | aux |
| 24 | return | return | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 sum | det |
| 26 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 sum | amod |
| 27 | sum | sum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 return | obj |
| 28 | to | to | ADP | _ | 31 place | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 place | det |
| 30 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 place | amod |
| 31 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 return | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 suffer | punct |
| 33 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 48 suffer | mark |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 because | punct |
| 35 | as | as | ADP | _ | 37 result | case |
| 36 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 37 result | det |
| 37 | result | result | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 suffer | obl |
| 38 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 40 failing | mark |
| 39 | his | his | PRON | Gender=Masc Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 failing | nsubj |
| 40 | failing | fail | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 37 result | acl |
| 41 | to | to | PART | _ | 42 do | mark |
| 42 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 40 failing | xcomp |
| 43 | so | so | ADV | _ | 42 do | advmod |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 result | punct |
| 45 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 suffer | nsubj |
| 46 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 45 she | conj |
| 47 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 48 suffer | aux |
| 48 | suffer | suffer | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 return | conj |
| 49 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 injury | amod |
| 50 | injury | injury | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 suffer | obj |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 24 return | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | promise speech: promise | must | sympathy | the same time not said here | hour | the expiration of a year ccomp; solemnly property | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent time=Theme | ||
| 2 | return | future | sympathy | the same sum | the same place | time | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sum=Theme to place=Destination | ||
| 3 | fail | gerund | sympathy | a result not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | not do | to-infinitive | sympathy not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | suffer | would | maiden | great injury | as a result | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer injury=Stimulus |
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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