Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 6, sentence 102
But as time went on these pleasant reunions were interrupted by the human race, which penetrated the forests, mercilessly cut down everything that stood in the way of its selfish ends, and made these peaceful regions the stage of its vain ambitions and aims, never dreaming that with every tree that was hewn down a life more pure and beautiful than its own was destroyed.
Who acts: human race, forests, selfish, forest · What happens: go, interrupt, penetrate, cut down, stand, end · To what, where: pleasant reunions, forests, everything, way, peaceful regions, that
This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, A Historical Tale., part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (human race, forests, selfish, forest), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 4 went | cc |
| 2 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 4 went | mark |
| 3 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 went | obl:unmarked |
| 4 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | SCONJ | _ | 10 interrupted | mark |
| 6 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 8 reunions | det |
| 7 | pleasant | pleasant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 reunions | amod |
| 8 | reunions | reunion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 interrupted | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 interrupted | aux:pass |
| 10 | interrupted | interrupt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 went | advcl |
| 11 | by | by | ADP | _ | 14 race | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 race | det |
| 13 | human | human | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 race | amod |
| 14 | race | race | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 interrupted | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 penetrated | punct |
| 16 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 penetrated | nsubj |
| 17 | penetrated | penetrate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 race | acl:relcl |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 forests | det |
| 19 | forests | forest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 penetrated | obj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 cut | punct |
| 21 | mercilessly | mercilessly | ADV | _ | 22 cut | advmod |
| 22 | cut | cut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 19 forests | acl |
| 23 | down | down | ADP | _ | 22 cut | compound:prt |
| 24 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 22 cut | obj |
| 25 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 26 stood | nsubj |
| 26 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 everything | acl:relcl |
| 27 | in | in | ADP | _ | 29 way | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 way | det |
| 29 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 stood | obl |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 selfish | case |
| 31 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 selfish | nmod:poss |
| 32 | selfish | selfish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 ends | nsubj |
| 33 | ends | end | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 29 way | acl:relcl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 made | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 made | cc |
| 36 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 went | conj |
| 37 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 39 regions | det |
| 38 | peaceful | peaceful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 regions | amod |
| 39 | regions | region | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 made | obj |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 stage | det |
| 41 | stage | stage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 made | obj |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 ambitions | case |
| 43 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 45 ambitions | nmod:poss |
| 44 | vain | vain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 ambitions | amod |
| 45 | ambitions | ambition | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 stage | nmod |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 aims | cc |
| 47 | aims | aim | NOUN | Number=Plur | 45 ambitions | conj |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 dreaming | punct |
| 49 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 50 dreaming | advmod |
| 50 | dreaming | dream | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 36 made | advcl |
| 51 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 50 dreaming | obj |
| 52 | with | with | ADP | _ | 54 tree | case |
| 53 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 54 tree | det |
| 54 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 dreaming | obl |
| 55 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 57 hewn | nsubj |
| 56 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 57 hewn | aux:pass |
| 57 | hewn | hewn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 54 tree | acl:relcl |
| 58 | down | down | ADP | _ | 57 hewn | compound:prt |
| 59 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 60 life | det |
| 60 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 hewn | obj |
| 61 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 62 pure | advmod |
| 62 | pure | pure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 69 destroyed | advcl |
| 63 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 64 beautiful | cc |
| 64 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 62 pure | conj |
| 65 | than | than | ADP | _ | 67 own | case |
| 66 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 67 own | nmod:poss |
| 67 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 64 beautiful | obl |
| 68 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 69 destroyed | aux:pass |
| 69 | destroyed | destroy | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 50 dreaming | parataxis |
| 70 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | time | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | interrupt | past · passive | the human race | this pleasant reunions | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | penetrate | past | the human race | the forests | vn poke-19 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent forest=Patient | ||||
| 4 | cut down | participle | the forests not said here | everything | mercilessly property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset everything=Product | |||
| 5 | stand | past | the way | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in way=Location | |||||
| 6 | end | present | forest's selfish | the way not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality way=Eventuality | ||||
| 7 | make | past | this peaceful regions | the stage of forest's vain ambitions and aims obj | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset region=Beneficiary stage=Product | ||||
| 8 | not dream | gerund | that | with every tree | vn cognize-85 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Topic | ||||
| 9 | hewn down | past · passive | every tree | a life obj | tree rules | ||||
| 10 | destroy | past · passive | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP» | ||||||
| 11 | ambition | forest | nom ambition «feeling intransitive»: 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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