Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 5, sentence 35
According to this tradition, he completed nearly the entire canal at the base of the Rehberg,[3] called the Rehberger Graben, which conveys all the water to St. Andreasberg for the working of the Samson mine, but became bankrupt through the undertaking.
Who acts: Andreasberg, Rehberger Graben · What happens: accord, complete, call, convey, become · To what, where: entire canal, base, water, Andreasberg, bankrupt, undertaking · 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 (Andreasberg, Rehberger Graben), 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 | According | accord | VERB | ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 tradition | case |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 1 According | fixed |
| 3 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 tradition | det |
| 4 | tradition | tradition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 completed | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 tradition | punct |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 completed | nsubj |
| 7 | completed | complete | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | nearly | nearly | ADV | _ | 11 canal | advmod |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 canal | det |
| 10 | entire | entire | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 canal | amod |
| 11 | canal | canal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 completed | obj |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 base | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 base | det |
| 14 | base | base | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 completed | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 Rehberg | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 Rehberg | det |
| 17 | Rehberg | Rehberg | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 base | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 3 | punct |
| 19 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 20 3 | punct |
| 20 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 completed | obl |
| 21 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 20 3 | punct |
| 22 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 3 | acl |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 Graben | det |
| 24 | Rehberger | Rehberger | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 Graben | compound |
| 25 | Graben | Graben | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 called | xcomp |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 conveys | punct |
| 27 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 28 conveys | nsubj |
| 28 | conveys | convey | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 Graben | acl:relcl |
| 29 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 31 water | det:predet |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 water | det |
| 31 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 conveys | obj |
| 32 | to | to | ADP | _ | 34 Andreasberg | case |
| 33 | St. | St. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 Andreasberg | nmod:desc |
| 34 | Andreasberg | Andreasberg | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 conveys | obl |
| 35 | for | for | ADP | _ | 37 working | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 working | det |
| 37 | working | working | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 conveys | obl |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 mine | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 mine | det |
| 40 | Samson | Samson | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 mine | compound |
| 41 | mine | mine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 working | nmod |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 became | punct |
| 43 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 44 became | cc |
| 44 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 completed | conj |
| 45 | bankrupt | bankrupt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 became | xcomp |
| 46 | through | through | ADP | _ | 48 undertaking | case |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 undertaking | det |
| 48 | undertaking | undertaking | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 became | obl |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 completed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accord | gerund | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | complete | past | Andreasberg | the entire canal | the base of the Rehberg | accord this tradition; 3 obl | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent canal=Eventuality | ||
| 3 | call | participle | the Rehberger Graben xcomp | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | convey | present | the Rehberger Graben | all water | Andreasberg St. | for the working of the Samson mine | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent water=Topic to andreasberg=Recipient | ||
| 5 | become | past | Andreasberg not said here | bankrupt | the undertaking | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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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