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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

caseamoddetnsubjdetobjpunctccparataxispunctpunctnsubj:passauxccompxcompcasenmod:posscompoundnmodpunctccnsubjauxconjmarkobjnmod:unmarkedcasenmod:possoblpunctcasensubjcopadvmodamodoblpunctnsubjadvmodadvmodcasensubj:passcasenmodauxaux:passacl:relclxcompmarkxcompiobjxcomppunctrootAtADPlastADJtheDETkingNOUNbrokeVERBtheDETsilenceNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJsaidVERB:PUNCT"PUNCTYePRONhaveAUXmadeVERBtwoNUMofADPmyPRONsubjectsNOUNprisonersNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJIPRONamAUXcomeVERBtoPARTinterestNOUNmyselfPRONonADPtheirPRONbehalfNOUN,PUNCTforADPtheyPRONareAUXotherwiseADVgoodADJmenNOUN,PUNCTwhoPRONnowADVonlyADVthroughADPpressureNOUNofADPcircumstancesNOUNhaveAUXbeenAUXledVERBastrayADJtoPARTdoVERByouPRONdamageVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AtatADP_2 lastcase
2lastlastADJDegree=Pos4 kingamod
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 kingdet
4kingkingNOUNNumber=Sing5 brokensubj
5brokebreakVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 silencedet
7silencesilenceNOUNNumber=Sing5 brokeobj
8,,PUNCT_10 saidpunct
9andandCCONJ_10 saidcc
10saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 brokeparataxis
11::PUNCT_15 madepunct
12""PUNCT_15 madepunct
13YeyePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch15 madensubj:pass
14havehaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin15 madeaux
15mademakeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass10 saidccomp
16twotwoNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card15 madexcomp
17ofofADP_20 prisonerscase
18mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs20 prisonersnmod:poss
19subjectssubjectNOUNNumber=Plur20 prisonerscompound
20prisonersprisonerNOUNNumber=Plur16 twonmod
21,,PUNCT_25 comepunct
22andandCCONJ_25 comecc
23IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs25 comensubj
24ambeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin25 comeaux
25comecomeVERBVerbForm=Inf15 madeconj
26totoPART_27 interestmark
27interestinterestNOUNNumber=Sing25 comeobj
28myselfmyselfPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes27 interestnmod:unmarked
29ononADP_31 behalfcase
30theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs31 behalfnmod:poss
31behalfbehalfNOUNNumber=Sing25 comeobl
32,,PUNCT_38 menpunct
33forforADP_38 mencase
34theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs38 mennsubj
35arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin38 mencop
36otherwiseotherwiseADV_38 menadvmod
37goodgoodADJDegree=Pos38 menamod
38menmanNOUNNumber=Plur25 comeobl
39,,PUNCT_49 ledpunct
40whowhoPRONPronType=Rel49 lednsubj
41nownowADVPronType=Dem44 pressureadvmod
42onlyonlyADV_44 pressureadvmod
43throughthroughADP_44 pressurecase
44pressurepressureNOUNNumber=Sing49 lednsubj:pass
45ofofADP_46 circumstancescase
46circumstancescircumstanceNOUNNumber=Plur44 pressurenmod
47havehaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin49 ledaux
48beenbeAUXTense=Past VerbForm=Part49 ledaux:pass
49ledleadVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass38 menacl:relcl
50astrayastrayADJDegree=Pos49 ledxcomp
51totoPART_52 domark
52dodoVERBVerbForm=Inf50 astrayxcomp
53youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs52 doiobj
54damagedamageVERBVerbForm=Inf52 doxcomp
55..PUNCT_5 brokepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1breakpastthe last kingthe silencevn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer silence=Patient
2say speech: assertpastvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3make in a quotepresent · perfect · passiveYetwo of my subjects prisoners xcompvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
4come in a quotepresentIinterest myselfprisoners's behalfvn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location interest=Theme
5is in a quotepresentprisoners = prisonerfor good men; otherwise propertytree rules
6lead in a quotepresent · perfect · passivegood menpressure of circumstances nsubj:pass; astray propertyvn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
7do in a quoteto-infinitivegood men not said hereyoutree rules
8damage in a quoteinfinitivegood men not said herevn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
9press in a quotecircumstancesnom 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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