Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 6, sentence 42
Surprised at the royal generosity, he at once proclaimed to the prisoners their liberation, who sprang up with eyes shining with joy, fell at the feet of the Dwarf King, and thanked him for their freedom in the most touching expressions of gratitude.
Who acts: Adam, liberation, eyes, prisoners · What happens: proclaim, spring up, shine, fall, thank, touch · To what, where: prisoners, feet, Adam
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 (Adam, liberation, eyes, prisoners), 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 | Surprised | surprised | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 generosity | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 generosity | det |
| 4 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 generosity | amod |
| 5 | generosity | generosity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Surprised | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 proclaimed | punct |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 proclaimed | nsubj |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 once | case |
| 9 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 10 proclaimed | obl |
| 10 | proclaimed | proclaim | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Surprised | conj |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 prisoners | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 prisoners | det |
| 13 | prisoners | prisoner | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 proclaimed | obl |
| 14 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 liberation | nmod:poss |
| 15 | liberation | liberation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 prisoners | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 sprang | punct |
| 17 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 sprang | nsubj |
| 18 | sprang | spring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 liberation | acl:relcl |
| 19 | up | up | ADP | _ | 18 sprang | compound:prt |
| 20 | with | with | ADP | _ | 21 eyes | case |
| 21 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 sprang | obl |
| 22 | shining | shine | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 21 eyes | acl |
| 23 | with | with | ADP | _ | 24 joy | case |
| 24 | joy | joy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 shining | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 fell | punct |
| 26 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 sprang | parataxis |
| 27 | at | at | ADP | _ | 29 feet | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 feet | det |
| 29 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 fell | obl |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 King | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 King | det |
| 32 | Dwarf | Dwarf | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 King | compound |
| 33 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 feet | nmod |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 thanked | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 thanked | cc |
| 36 | thanked | thank | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 fell | conj |
| 37 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 thanked | obj |
| 38 | for | for | ADP | _ | 40 freedom | case |
| 39 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 freedom | nmod:poss |
| 40 | freedom | freedom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 thanked | obl |
| 41 | in | in | ADP | _ | 45 expressions | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 expressions | det |
| 43 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 44 touching | advmod |
| 44 | touching | touch | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 45 expressions | amod |
| 45 | expressions | expression | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 freedom | nmod |
| 46 | of | of | ADP | _ | 47 gratitude | case |
| 47 | gratitude | gratitude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 expressions | nmod |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Surprised | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | proclaim | participle | Adam | the prisoners prisoners's liberation | vn confess-37.10 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to prisoner=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | spring up | past | prisoners's liberation | with eyes | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | shine | gerund | eyes not said here | with joy | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with joy=Theme | ||||
| 4 | fall | past | the feet of the Dwarf King | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at foot=Location | |||||
| 5 | thank speech: thank | past | Adam | for eyes's freedom in the touching expressions of gratitude | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Theme for freedom=Attribute | ||||
| 6 | touch | gerund | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 8 | liberate | prisoners = prisoner | nom liberation «act 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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