Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 6, sentence 2
True, his astonishment gave place to scornful laughter, and Adam concluded to himself not to permit himself to be made a fool of; but as he found, several hours afterwards, that a new robbery had been committed, he decided, nevertheless, to follow the stranger's advice.
Who acts: astonishment, Adam, new robbery, his · What happens: give, conclude, not permit, make, find, be · To what, where: place, scornful laughter, Adam, fool, advice
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 (astonishment, Adam, new robbery, his), 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 | True | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 gave | punct |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 astonishment | nmod:poss |
| 4 | astonishment | astonishment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gave | nsubj |
| 5 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 True | parataxis |
| 6 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gave | obj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 laughter | case |
| 8 | scornful | scornful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 laughter | amod |
| 9 | laughter | laughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gave | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 concluded | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 concluded | cc |
| 12 | Adam | Adam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 concluded | nsubj |
| 13 | concluded | conclude | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 gave | conj |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 himself | case |
| 15 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 13 concluded | obl |
| 16 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 18 permit | advmod |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 permit | mark |
| 18 | permit | permit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 concluded | ccomp |
| 19 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 18 permit | obj |
| 20 | to | to | PART | _ | 22 made | mark |
| 21 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 22 made | aux:pass |
| 22 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 permit | advcl |
| 23 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 fool | det |
| 24 | fool | fool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 made | xcomp |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 fool | case |
| 26 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 45 decided | punct |
| 27 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 45 decided | cc |
| 28 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 30 found | mark |
| 29 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 found | nsubj |
| 30 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 45 decided | advcl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 found | punct |
| 32 | several | several | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 hours | amod |
| 33 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 found | obj |
| 34 | afterwards | afterwards | ADV | _ | 30 found | advmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 committed | punct |
| 36 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 42 committed | mark |
| 37 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 39 robbery | det |
| 38 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 robbery | amod |
| 39 | robbery | robbery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 committed | nsubj |
| 40 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 committed | aux |
| 41 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 42 committed | cop |
| 42 | committed | committed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 found | conj |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 found | punct |
| 44 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 decided | nsubj |
| 45 | decided | decide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 True | parataxis |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 follow | punct |
| 47 | nevertheless | nevertheless | ADV | _ | 50 follow | advmod |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 follow | punct |
| 49 | to | to | PART | _ | 50 follow | mark |
| 50 | follow | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 45 decided | conj |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 stranger | det |
| 52 | stranger | stranger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 advice | nmod:poss |
| 53 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 52 stranger | case |
| 54 | advice | advice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 follow | obj |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 True | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | his astonishment | place | scornful laughter | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent place=Theme to laughter=Recipient | |||
| 2 | conclude | past | Adam | Adam | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||
| 3 | not permit | to-infinitive | Adam not said here | Adam | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | ||||
| 4 | make | to-infinitive · passive | Adam not said here | a fool | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP» | ||||
| 5 | find | past | astonishment | hour | afterwards property | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | |||
| 6 | is | past · perfect | a new robbery | committed property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | decide | past | astonishment | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 8 | follow | to-infinitive | astonishment not said here | the stranger's advice | nevertheless property | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advice=Theme | |||
| 10 | astonish | his = he | nom astonishment «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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