Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 6, sentence 37
At last the king broke the silence, and said: "Ye have made two of my subjects prisoners, and I am come to interest myself on their behalf, for they are otherwise good men, who now only through pressure of circumstances have been led astray to do you damage.
Who acts: last king, I, prisoners, good men · What happens: break, say, make, come, be, lead · To what, where: silence, Ye, interest, behalf, good men, you · 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 (last king, I, prisoners, good men), 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 2 last | case |
| 2 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 king | amod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 king | det |
| 4 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 broke | nsubj |
| 5 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 silence | det |
| 7 | silence | silence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 broke | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 said | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 said | cc |
| 10 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 broke | parataxis |
| 11 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 15 made | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 made | punct |
| 13 | Ye | ye | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 15 made | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 made | aux |
| 15 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 said | ccomp |
| 16 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 15 made | xcomp |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 prisoners | case |
| 18 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 prisoners | nmod:poss |
| 19 | subjects | subject | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 prisoners | compound |
| 20 | prisoners | prisoner | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 two | nmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 come | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 come | cc |
| 23 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 25 come | nsubj |
| 24 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 come | aux |
| 25 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 made | conj |
| 26 | to | to | PART | _ | 27 interest | mark |
| 27 | interest | interest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 come | obj |
| 28 | myself | myself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 27 interest | nmod:unmarked |
| 29 | on | on | ADP | _ | 31 behalf | case |
| 30 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 behalf | nmod:poss |
| 31 | behalf | behalf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 come | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 men | punct |
| 33 | for | for | ADP | _ | 38 men | case |
| 34 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 men | nsubj |
| 35 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 38 men | cop |
| 36 | otherwise | otherwise | ADV | _ | 38 men | advmod |
| 37 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 men | amod |
| 38 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 come | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 led | punct |
| 40 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 49 led | nsubj |
| 41 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 44 pressure | advmod |
| 42 | only | only | ADV | _ | 44 pressure | advmod |
| 43 | through | through | ADP | _ | 44 pressure | case |
| 44 | pressure | pressure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 led | nsubj:pass |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 circumstances | case |
| 46 | circumstances | circumstance | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 pressure | nmod |
| 47 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 49 led | aux |
| 48 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 49 led | aux:pass |
| 49 | led | lead | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 38 men | acl:relcl |
| 50 | astray | astray | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 led | xcomp |
| 51 | to | to | PART | _ | 52 do | mark |
| 52 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 50 astray | xcomp |
| 53 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 52 do | iobj |
| 54 | damage | damage | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 52 do | xcomp |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 broke | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | past | the last king | the silence | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer silence=Patient | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 3 | make in a quote | present · perfect · passive | Ye | two of my subjects prisoners xcomp | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ||||
| 4 | come in a quote | present | I | interest myself | prisoners's behalf | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location interest=Theme | |||
| 5 | is in a quote | present | prisoners = prisoner | for good men; otherwise property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | lead in a quote | present · perfect · passive | good men | pressure of circumstances nsubj:pass; astray property | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 7 | do in a quote | to-infinitive | good men not said here | you | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | damage in a quote | infinitive | good men not said here | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 9 | press in a quote | circumstances | nom pressure «phenomenon 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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