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Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 5, sentence 16

The three ladies entered, now coal-black, and silent, and sad; they were followed by three men, who cried, pointing to the eldest brother, "Thou perjured rascal!" seized him, quartered him, and packed him in a barrel, likewise the second.

Who acts: three ladies, three men, Thou · What happens: enter, follow, cry, point, perjure, seize · To what, where: ladies, eldest brother, rascal, object, barrel · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, A Historical Tale., part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (three ladies, three men, Thou), 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

detnummodnsubjpunctadvmodcompoundpunctparataxispunctccconjpunctccconjpunctnsubj:passaux:passparataxiscasenummodnsubjpunctnsubjacl:relclpunctadvclcasedetamodoblpunctpunctnsubjconjobjpunctpunctparataxisobjpunctconjobjpunctccparataxisobjcasedetoblpunctadvmoddetconjpunctrootTheDETthreeNUMladiesNOUNenteredVERB,PUNCTnowADVcoalNOUN-PUNCTblackADJ,PUNCTandCCONJsilentADJ,PUNCTandCCONJsadADJ;PUNCTtheyPRONwereAUXfollowedVERBbyADPthreeNUMmenNOUN,PUNCTwhoPRONcriedVERB,PUNCTpointingVERBtoADPtheDETeldestADJbrotherNOUN,PUNCT"PUNCTThouPRONperjuredVERBrascalNOUN!PUNCT"PUNCTseizedVERBhimPRON,PUNCTquarteredVERBhimPRON,PUNCTandCCONJpackedVERBhimPRONinADPaDETbarrelNOUN,PUNCTlikewiseADVtheDETsecondADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 ladiesdet
2threethreeNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card3 ladiesnummod
3ladiesladyNOUNNumber=Plur4 enterednsubj
4enteredenterVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5,,PUNCT_9 blackpunct
6nownowADVPronType=Dem9 blackadvmod
7coalcoalNOUNNumber=Sing9 blackcompound
8--PUNCT_7 coalpunct
9blackblackADJDegree=Pos4 enteredparataxis
10,,PUNCT_12 silentpunct
11andandCCONJ_12 silentcc
12silentsilentADJDegree=Pos9 blackconj
13,,PUNCT_15 sadpunct
14andandCCONJ_15 sadcc
15sadsadADJDegree=Pos9 blackconj
16;;PUNCT_19 followedpunct
17theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs19 followednsubj:pass
18werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin19 followedaux:pass
19followedfollowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass4 enteredparataxis
20bybyADP_22 mencase
21threethreeNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card22 mennummod
22menmanNOUNNumber=Plur39 seizednsubj
23,,PUNCT_25 criedpunct
24whowhoPRONPronType=Rel25 criednsubj
25criedcryVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin22 menacl:relcl
26,,PUNCT_27 pointingpunct
27pointingpointVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part25 criedadvcl
28totoADP_31 brothercase
29thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art31 brotherdet
30eldesteldADJDegree=Sup31 brotheramod
31brotherbrotherNOUNNumber=Sing27 pointingobl
32,,PUNCT_35 perjuredpunct
33""PUNCT_35 perjuredpunct
34ThouthouPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch35 perjurednsubj
35perjuredperjureVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin25 criedconj
36rascalrascalNOUNNumber=Sing35 perjuredobj
37!!PUNCT_35 perjuredpunct
38""PUNCT_35 perjuredpunct
39seizedseizeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin19 followedparataxis
40himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs39 seizedobj
41,,PUNCT_42 quarteredpunct
42quarteredquarterVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 enteredconj
43himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs42 quarteredobj
44,,PUNCT_46 packedpunct
45andandCCONJ_46 packedcc
46packedpackVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 enteredparataxis
47himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs46 packedobj
48ininADP_50 barrelcase
49aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art50 barreldet
50barrelbarrelNOUNNumber=Sing46 packedobl
51,,PUNCT_54 secondpunct
52likewiselikewiseADV_54 secondadvmod
53thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art54 seconddet
54secondsecondADJDegree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord46 packedconj
55..PUNCT_4 enteredpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1enterpastthe three ladiesvn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2followpast · passiveladies = ladyvn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3cry speech: expresspastthree menvn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4pointgerundthree men not said herethe eldest brothervn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to brother=Recipient
5perjure in a quotepastThourascaltree rules
6seizepastthree menobjectvn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
7quarterpastthe three ladies not said hereobjectvn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
8packpastobjecta barrelvn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme in barrel=Destination

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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