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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Already | already | ADV | _ | 5 period | advmod |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 period | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 period | det |
| 4 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 period | amod |
| 5 | period | period | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 threatened | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 floods | det |
| 7 | subterranean | subterranean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 floods | amod |
| 8 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 floods | compound |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 water | punct |
| 10 | floods | flood | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 threatened | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 threatened | aux |
| 12 | threatened | threaten | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 drive | mark |
| 14 | drive | drive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 threatened | xcomp |
| 15 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 drive | obj |
| 16 | from | from | ADP | _ | 18 Sachsenstein | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 Sachsenstein | det |
| 18 | Sachsenstein | Sachsenstein | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 drive | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 inhabited | punct |
| 20 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 23 inhabited | nsubj:pass |
| 21 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 23 inhabited | nsubj |
| 22 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 inhabited | aux |
| 23 | inhabited | inhabit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 Sachsenstein | acl:relcl |
| 24 | so | so | ADV | _ | 25 long | advmod |
| 25 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 23 inhabited | advmod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 leave | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 leave | cc |
| 28 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 30 leave | nsubj |
| 29 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 30 leave | aux |
| 30 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 threatened | parataxis |
| 31 | only | only | ADV | _ | 33 few | advmod |
| 32 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 33 few | det |
| 33 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 leave | obj |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 people | case |
| 35 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 people | nmod:poss |
| 36 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 few | nmod |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 order | punct |
| 38 | in | in | ADP | _ | 39 order | case |
| 39 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 leave | obl |
| 40 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 43 lose | advmod |
| 41 | to | to | PART | _ | 43 lose | mark |
| 42 | wholly | wholly | ADV | _ | 43 lose | advmod |
| 43 | lose | lose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 39 order | acl:relcl |
| 44 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 46 possession | det |
| 45 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 possession | amod |
| 46 | possession | possession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 lose | obj |
| 47 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 49 them | punct |
| 48 | from | from | ADP | _ | 49 them | case |
| 49 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 leave | advcl |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 suffer | punct |
| 51 | however | however | ADV | _ | 55 suffer | advmod |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 however | punct |
| 53 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 55 suffer | nsubj |
| 54 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 55 suffer | aux |
| 55 | suffer | suffer | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 leave | conj |
| 56 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 57 molestation | det |
| 57 | molestation | molestation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 suffer | obj |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 threatened | punct |
| 59 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 threatened | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | threaten | present · perfect · passive | a long period | the subterranean water floods nsubj:pass | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | drive not said to happen | to-infinitive | us | the Sachsenstein | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent we=Theme from sachsenstein=Trajectory | ||||
| 3 | inhabit | present · perfect · passive | the Sachsenstein | we nsubj; long property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | leave | shall | I | a few of my people | order | people advcl | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent few=Theme in order=Location | ||
| 5 | not lose | to-infinitive | I not said here | this ancient possession | wholly property | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent possession=Eventuality | |||
| 6 | suffer | future | you | no molestation | however property | vn 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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