Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 6, sentence 43
After the king had graciously raised them from their knees, he turned again to Adam, and said: "I thank you that you have not harmed these poor people, and notify you that in future you have nothing to fear from us, for on St. John's Eve I shall march from this place over the bridge with my subjects.
Who acts: king, you · What happens: raise, turn, say, thank, not harm, notify · To what, where: king, knees, Adam, you, poor people, nothing · 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 (king, you), 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 | After | after | SCONJ | _ | 6 raised | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 king | det |
| 3 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 raised | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 raised | aux |
| 5 | graciously | graciously | ADV | _ | 6 raised | advmod |
| 6 | raised | raise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 turned | advcl |
| 7 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 raised | obj |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 knees | case |
| 9 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 knees | nmod:poss |
| 10 | knees | knee | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 raised | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 raised | punct |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 turned | nsubj |
| 13 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | again | again | ADV | _ | 13 turned | advmod |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 Adam | case |
| 16 | Adam | Adam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 turned | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 said | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 said | cc |
| 19 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 turned | conj |
| 20 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 23 thank | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 23 thank | punct |
| 22 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 23 thank | nsubj |
| 23 | thank | thank | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 said | ccomp |
| 24 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 23 thank | obj |
| 25 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 29 harmed | mark |
| 26 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 29 harmed | nsubj |
| 27 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 29 harmed | aux |
| 28 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 29 harmed | advmod |
| 29 | harmed | harm | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 23 thank | advcl |
| 30 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 32 people | det |
| 31 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 people | amod |
| 32 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 harmed | obj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 notify | punct |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 notify | cc |
| 35 | notify | notify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 23 thank | conj |
| 36 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 35 notify | iobj |
| 37 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 41 have | mark |
| 38 | in | in | ADP | _ | 39 future | case |
| 39 | future | future | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 have | obl |
| 40 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 41 have | nsubj |
| 41 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 35 notify | advcl |
| 42 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 41 have | obj |
| 43 | to | to | PART | _ | 44 fear | mark |
| 44 | fear | fear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 42 nothing | acl |
| 45 | from | from | ADP | _ | 46 us | case |
| 46 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 44 fear | obl |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 march | punct |
| 48 | for | for | ADP | _ | 53 Eve | case |
| 49 | on | on | ADP | _ | 53 Eve | case |
| 50 | St. | St. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 51 John | nmod:desc |
| 51 | John | John | PROPN | Number=Sing | 53 Eve | nmod:poss |
| 52 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 51 John | case |
| 53 | Eve | Eve | PROPN | Number=Sing | 56 march | obl |
| 54 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 56 march | nsubj |
| 55 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 56 march | aux |
| 56 | march | march | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 44 fear | conj |
| 57 | from | from | ADP | _ | 59 place | case |
| 58 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 59 place | det |
| 59 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 march | obl |
| 60 | over | over | ADP | _ | 62 bridge | case |
| 61 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 62 bridge | det |
| 62 | bridge | bridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 march | obl |
| 63 | with | with | ADP | _ | 65 subjects | case |
| 64 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 65 subjects | nmod:poss |
| 65 | subjects | subject | NOUN | Number=Plur | 62 bridge | nmod |
| 66 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 turned | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | raise | past · perfect · passive | the king | eyes's knees | eyes = eye obj; graciously property | vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2 «NP V NP.patient NP.extent PP.initial_state PP.result»: subject=Patient they=Extent from knee=Initial_State | |||
| 2 | turn | past | king | Adam | again | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to adam=Result | |||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | king not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | thank speech: thank in a quote | present | king | you | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | ||||
| 5 | not harm in a quote | present · perfect | you | this poor people | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus people=Experiencer | ||||
| 6 | notify speech: other in a quote | infinitive | king not said here | you | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | ||||
| 7 | have in a quote | present | you | nothing | future | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient | |||
| 8 | fear in a quote | to-infinitive | you not said here | nothing not said here | from us | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 9 | march in a quote | shall | king | this place | for John St.'s Eve; over the bridge with my subjects | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from place=Trajectory |
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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