Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 6, sentence 24
"If I should reckon all the mischief you have caused," said Herr Adam, "a pretty long account would be the result; but I demand only the value of the peas, and if you pay me three Gulden I will set you at liberty."
Who acts: Herr, you, long account · What happens: reckon, cause, say, be, demand, pay · To what, where: mischief, result, value, Herr, you, liberty · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (Herr, you, long account), 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 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 reckon | punct |
| 2 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 reckon | mark |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 reckon | nsubj |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 reckon | aux |
| 5 | reckon | reckon | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 said | ccomp |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 mischief | det:predet |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 mischief | det |
| 8 | mischief | mischief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 reckon | obj |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 caused | nsubj |
| 10 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 caused | aux |
| 11 | caused | cause | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 mischief | acl:relcl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 reckon | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 reckon | punct |
| 14 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | Herr | Herr | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 said | nsubj |
| 16 | Adam | Adam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 Herr | flat |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 result | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 26 result | punct |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 account | det |
| 20 | pretty | pretty | ADV | _ | 21 long | advmod |
| 21 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 account | amod |
| 22 | account | account | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 result | nsubj |
| 23 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 26 result | aux |
| 24 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 26 result | cop |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 result | det |
| 26 | result | result | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 Herr | appos |
| 27 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 30 demand | punct |
| 28 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 30 demand | cc |
| 29 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 30 demand | nsubj |
| 30 | demand | demand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 said | ccomp |
| 31 | only | only | ADV | _ | 33 value | advmod |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 value | det |
| 33 | value | value | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 demand | obj |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 peas | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 peas | det |
| 36 | peas | pea | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 value | nmod |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 set | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 set | cc |
| 39 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 41 pay | mark |
| 40 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 41 pay | nsubj |
| 41 | pay | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 47 set | advcl |
| 42 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 41 pay | iobj |
| 43 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 44 Gulden | nummod |
| 44 | Gulden | Gulden | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 pay | parataxis |
| 45 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 47 set | nsubj |
| 46 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 47 set | aux |
| 47 | set | set | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 demand | conj |
| 48 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 47 set | obj |
| 49 | at | at | ADP | _ | 50 liberty | case |
| 50 | liberty | liberty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 set | obl |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 said | punct |
| 52 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reckon a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | should | Herr | all mischief | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent mischief=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | cause in a quote | present · perfect | you | all mischief not said here | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition mischief=Patient | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | Herr | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | is a in a quote | would | a long account | the result | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | demand speech: request in a quote | present | Herr | the value of the peas | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme value=Precondition | ||||
| 6 | pay a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | you | Herr | three Gulden parataxis | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Asset | |||
| 7 | set in a quote | future | Herr | you | liberty | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme at liberty=Destination | |||
| 8 | value in a quote | the peas | nom value «cognition transitive»: of=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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