Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 5, sentence 88
His sharp eye had long observed that pilfering hands had laid hold of his field-products, and it had pained him excessively that one would steal from him, for he had never permitted the needy to depart with empty hands; but in the last night so much had been stolen from his pea-field that his hitherto silent displeasure broke forth in expressions of anger.
Who acts: pilfering hands, one, owner, silent displeasure · What happens: observe, pilfer, lay, pain, steal, not permit · To what, where: sharp eye, hold, hand, pea field, expressions, field products
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 (pilfering hands, one, owner, silent displeasure), 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 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 eye | nmod:poss |
| 2 | sharp | sharp | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 eye | amod |
| 3 | eye | eye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 observed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 observed | aux |
| 5 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 observed | advmod |
| 6 | observed | observe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 11 laid | mark |
| 8 | pilfering | pilfer | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 hands | amod |
| 9 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 laid | nsubj |
| 10 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 laid | aux |
| 11 | laid | lay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 observed | advcl |
| 12 | hold | hold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 laid | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 products | case |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 products | nmod:poss |
| 15 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 products | compound |
| 16 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 15 field | punct |
| 17 | products | product | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 hold | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 pained | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 pained | cc |
| 20 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 pained | nsubj:pass |
| 21 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 pained | aux |
| 22 | pained | pain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 observed | conj |
| 23 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 pained | obj |
| 24 | excessively | excessively | ADV | _ | 28 steal | advmod |
| 25 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 26 one | det |
| 26 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 steal | nsubj |
| 27 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 28 steal | aux |
| 28 | steal | steal | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 pained | advcl |
| 29 | from | from | ADP | _ | 30 him | case |
| 30 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 steal | obl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 permitted | punct |
| 32 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 36 permitted | mark |
| 33 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 permitted | nsubj |
| 34 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 permitted | aux |
| 35 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 36 permitted | advmod |
| 36 | permitted | permit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 28 steal | advcl |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 needy | det |
| 38 | needy | needy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 permitted | xcomp |
| 39 | to | to | PART | _ | 40 depart | mark |
| 40 | depart | depart | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 38 needy | xcomp |
| 41 | with | with | ADP | _ | 43 hands | case |
| 42 | empty | empty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 hands | amod |
| 43 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 depart | obl |
| 44 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 54 stolen | punct |
| 45 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 54 stolen | cc |
| 46 | in | in | ADP | _ | 49 night | case |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 night | det |
| 48 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 night | amod |
| 49 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 stolen | obl |
| 50 | so | so | ADV | _ | 51 much | advmod |
| 51 | much | much | ADV | _ | 54 stolen | advmod |
| 52 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 54 stolen | aux |
| 53 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 54 stolen | aux:pass |
| 54 | stolen | steal | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 observed | conj |
| 55 | from | from | ADP | _ | 59 field | case |
| 56 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 59 field | nmod:poss |
| 57 | pea | pea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 field | compound |
| 58 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 57 pea | punct |
| 59 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 stolen | obl |
| 60 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 65 broke | obj |
| 61 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 64 displeasure | nmod:poss |
| 62 | hitherto | hitherto | ADV | _ | 63 silent | advmod |
| 63 | silent | silent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 64 displeasure | amod |
| 64 | displeasure | displeasure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 broke | nsubj |
| 65 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 59 field | acl:relcl |
| 66 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 65 broke | advmod |
| 67 | in | in | ADP | _ | 68 expressions | case |
| 68 | expressions | expression | NOUN | Number=Plur | 65 broke | obl |
| 69 | of | of | ADP | _ | 70 anger | case |
| 70 | anger | anger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 expressions | nmod |
| 71 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 observed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | observe | past · perfect · passive | owner's sharp eye | long property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | ||||
| 2 | pilfer | gerund | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | lay | past · perfect | pilfering hands | hold of owner's field products | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | pain | past · perfect · passive | hand | owner obj | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer he=Result | ||||
| 5 | steal | would | that one | from owner; excessively property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | not permit | past · perfect | owner | needy property | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer | ||||
| 7 | depart | to-infinitive | owner not said here | with empty hands | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 8 | steal | past · perfect · passive | owner's pea field | night | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V» | ||||
| 9 | break | past | owner's silent displeasure | owner's pea field | expressions of anger | forth property | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Patient | ||
| 10 | hold | owner's field products | nom hold «act transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 11 | displease | owner | nom displeasure «feeling transitive»: poss=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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