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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

ccmarkobl:unmarkedmarkdetamodnsubj:passaux:passadvclcasedetamodoblpunctnsubjacl:relcldetobjpunctadvmodaclcompound:prtobjnsubjacl:relclcasedetoblcasenmod:possnsubjacl:relclpunctccconjdetamodobjdetobjcasenmod:possamodnmodccconjpunctadvmodadvclobjcasedetoblnsubjaux:passacl:relclcompound:prtdetobjadvmodadvclccconjcasenmod:possoblaux:passparataxispunctrootButCCONJasSCONJtimeNOUNwentVERBonSCONJtheseDETpleasantADJreunionsNOUNwereAUXinterruptedVERBbyADPtheDEThumanADJraceNOUN,PUNCTwhichPRONpenetratedVERBtheDETforestsNOUN,PUNCTmercilesslyADVcutVERBdownADPeverythingPRONthatPRONstoodVERBinADPtheDETwayNOUNofADPitsPRONselfishNOUNendsVERB,PUNCTandCCONJmadeVERBtheseDETpeacefulADJregionsNOUNtheDETstageNOUNofADPitsPRONvainADJambitionsNOUNandCCONJaimsNOUN,PUNCTneverADVdreamingVERBthatPRONwithADPeveryDETtreeNOUNthatPRONwasAUXhewnVERBdownADPaDETlifeNOUNmoreADVpureADJandCCONJbeautifulADJthanADPitsPRONownADJwasAUXdestroyedVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ButbutCCONJ_4 wentcc
2asasSCONJ_4 wentmark
3timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing4 wentobl:unmarked
4wentgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5ononSCONJ_10 interruptedmark
6thesethisDETNumber=Plur PronType=Dem8 reunionsdet
7pleasantpleasantADJDegree=Pos8 reunionsamod
8reunionsreunionNOUNNumber=Plur10 interruptednsubj:pass
9werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 interruptedaux:pass
10interruptedinterruptVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass4 wentadvcl
11bybyADP_14 racecase
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 racedet
13humanhumanADJDegree=Pos14 raceamod
14raceraceNOUNNumber=Sing10 interruptedobl
15,,PUNCT_17 penetratedpunct
16whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel17 penetratednsubj
17penetratedpenetrateVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin14 raceacl:relcl
18thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 forestsdet
19forestsforestNOUNNumber=Plur17 penetratedobj
20,,PUNCT_22 cutpunct
21mercilesslymercilesslyADV_22 cutadvmod
22cutcutVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass19 forestsacl
23downdownADP_22 cutcompound:prt
24everythingeverythingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Tot22 cutobj
25thatthatPRONPronType=Rel26 stoodnsubj
26stoodstandVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin24 everythingacl:relcl
27ininADP_29 waycase
28thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art29 waydet
29waywayNOUNNumber=Sing26 stoodobl
30ofofADP_32 selfishcase
31itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs32 selfishnmod:poss
32selfishselfishNOUNNumber=Sing33 endsnsubj
33endsendVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin29 wayacl:relcl
34,,PUNCT_36 madepunct
35andandCCONJ_36 madecc
36mademakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 wentconj
37thesethisDETNumber=Plur PronType=Dem39 regionsdet
38peacefulpeacefulADJDegree=Pos39 regionsamod
39regionsregionNOUNNumber=Plur36 madeobj
40thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art41 stagedet
41stagestageNOUNNumber=Sing36 madeobj
42ofofADP_45 ambitionscase
43itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs45 ambitionsnmod:poss
44vainvainADJDegree=Pos45 ambitionsamod
45ambitionsambitionNOUNNumber=Plur41 stagenmod
46andandCCONJ_47 aimscc
47aimsaimNOUNNumber=Plur45 ambitionsconj
48,,PUNCT_50 dreamingpunct
49neverneverADVPronType=Neg50 dreamingadvmod
50dreamingdreamVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part36 madeadvcl
51thatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem50 dreamingobj
52withwithADP_54 treecase
53everyeveryDETPronType=Tot54 treedet
54treetreeNOUNNumber=Sing50 dreamingobl
55thatthatPRONPronType=Rel57 hewnnsubj
56wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin57 hewnaux:pass
57hewnhewnVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass54 treeacl:relcl
58downdownADP_57 hewncompound:prt
59aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art60 lifedet
60lifelifeNOUNNumber=Sing57 hewnobj
61moremoreADVDegree=Cmp62 pureadvmod
62purepureADJDegree=Pos69 destroyedadvcl
63andandCCONJ_64 beautifulcc
64beautifulbeautifulADJDegree=Pos62 pureconj
65thanthanADP_67 owncase
66itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs67 ownnmod:poss
67ownownADJDegree=Pos64 beautifulobl
68wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin69 destroyedaux:pass
69destroyeddestroyVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass50 dreamingparataxis
70..PUNCT_4 wentpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1gopasttimevn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2interruptpast · passivethe human racethis pleasant reunionstree rules
3penetratepastthe human racethe forestsvn poke-19 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent forest=Patient
4cut downparticiplethe forests not said hereeverythingmercilessly propertyvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset everything=Product
5standpastthe wayvn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in way=Location
6endpresentforest's selfishthe way not said herevn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality way=Eventuality
7makepastthis peaceful regionsthe stage of forest's vain ambitions and aims objvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset region=Beneficiary stage=Product
8not dreamgerundthatwith every treevn cognize-85 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Topic
9hewn downpast · passiveevery treea life objtree rules
10destroypast · passivevn destroy-44 «NP V NP»
11ambitionforestnom 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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