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Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 6, sentence 44

Already for a long period the subterranean water-floods have threatened to drive us from the Sachsenstein, which we have inhabited so long, and I shall leave only a few of my people, in order not to wholly lose this ancient possession; from them, however, you will suffer no molestation."

Who acts: I, you · What happens: threaten, drive, inhabit, leave, not lose, suffer · To what, where: long period, us, Sachsenstein, few, order, ancient possession

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 (I, 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

advmodcasedetamodnsubj:passdetamodcompoundpunctnsubj:passauxmarkxcompobjcasedetoblpunctnsubj:passnsubjauxacl:relcladvmodadvmodpunctccnsubjauxparataxisadvmoddetobjcasenmod:possnmodpunctcaseobladvmodmarkadvmodacl:relcldetamodobjpunctcaseadvclpunctadvmodpunctnsubjauxconjdetobjpunctpunctrootAlreadyADVforADPaDETlongADJperiodNOUNtheDETsubterraneanADJwaterNOUN-PUNCTfloodsNOUNhaveAUXthreatenedVERBtoPARTdriveVERBusPRONfromADPtheDETSachsensteinPROPN,PUNCTwhichPRONwePRONhaveAUXinhabitedVERBsoADVlongADV,PUNCTandCCONJIPRONshallAUXleaveVERBonlyADVaDETfewADJofADPmyPRONpeopleNOUN,PUNCTinADPorderNOUNnotPARTtoPARTwhollyADVloseVERBthisDETancientADJpossessionNOUN;PUNCTfromADPthemPRON,PUNCThoweverADV,PUNCTyouPRONwillAUXsufferVERBnoDETmolestationNOUN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AlreadyalreadyADV_5 periodadvmod
2forforADP_5 periodcase
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 perioddet
4longlongADJDegree=Pos5 periodamod
5periodperiodNOUNNumber=Sing12 threatenednsubj:pass
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 floodsdet
7subterraneansubterraneanADJDegree=Pos10 floodsamod
8waterwaterNOUNNumber=Sing10 floodscompound
9--PUNCT_8 waterpunct
10floodsfloodNOUNNumber=Plur12 threatenednsubj:pass
11havehaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin12 threatenedaux
12threatenedthreatenVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
13totoPART_14 drivemark
14drivedriveVERBVerbForm=Inf12 threatenedxcomp
15uswePRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs14 driveobj
16fromfromADP_18 Sachsensteincase
17thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art18 Sachsensteindet
18SachsensteinSachsensteinPROPNNumber=Sing14 driveobl
19,,PUNCT_23 inhabitedpunct
20whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel23 inhabitednsubj:pass
21wewePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs23 inhabitednsubj
22havehaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin23 inhabitedaux
23inhabitedinhabitVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass18 Sachsensteinacl:relcl
24sosoADV_25 longadvmod
25longlongADVDegree=Pos23 inhabitedadvmod
26,,PUNCT_30 leavepunct
27andandCCONJ_30 leavecc
28IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs30 leavensubj
29shallshallAUXVerbForm=Fin30 leaveaux
30leaveleaveVERBVerbForm=Inf12 threatenedparataxis
31onlyonlyADV_33 fewadvmod
32aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art33 fewdet
33fewfewADJDegree=Pos30 leaveobj
34ofofADP_36 peoplecase
35mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs36 peoplenmod:poss
36peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur33 fewnmod
37,,PUNCT_39 orderpunct
38ininADP_39 ordercase
39orderorderNOUNNumber=Sing30 leaveobl
40notnotPARTPolarity=Neg43 loseadvmod
41totoPART_43 losemark
42whollywhollyADV_43 loseadvmod
43loseloseVERBVerbForm=Inf39 orderacl:relcl
44thisthisDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem46 possessiondet
45ancientancientADJDegree=Pos46 possessionamod
46possessionpossessionNOUNNumber=Sing43 loseobj
47;;PUNCT_49 thempunct
48fromfromADP_49 themcase
49themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs30 leaveadvcl
50,,PUNCT_55 sufferpunct
51howeverhoweverADV_55 sufferadvmod
52,,PUNCT_51 howeverpunct
53youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs55 suffernsubj
54willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin55 sufferaux
55suffersufferVERBVerbForm=Inf30 leaveconj
56nonoDETPronType=Neg57 molestationdet
57molestationmolestationNOUNNumber=Sing55 sufferobj
58..PUNCT_12 threatenedpunct
59""PUNCT_12 threatenedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1threatenpresent · perfect · passivea long periodthe subterranean water floods nsubj:passtree rules
2drive not said to happento-infinitiveusthe Sachsensteinvn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent we=Theme from sachsenstein=Trajectory
3inhabitpresent · perfect · passivethe Sachsensteinwe nsubj; long propertytree rules
4leaveshallIa few of my peopleorderpeople advclvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent few=Theme in order=Location
5not loseto-infinitiveI not said herethis ancient possessionwholly propertyvn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent possession=Eventuality
6sufferfutureyouno molestationhowever propertyvn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer molestation=Stimulus

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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