Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 6, sentence 7
Herr Adam stood early in his peafield watching, and as the bell in the neighbouring Sachsa rang out the midnight hour, he struck, as the stranger had advised, with the willow rod he had brought with him up and down in the air, and soon saw, with the greatest amazement, two tiny beings, who, with folded hands and terrified mien, looked up to him.
Who acts: Herr, peafield, Sachsa, greatest amazement · What happens: stand, watch, neighbour, ring out, strike, advise · To what, where: peafield, stranger, air, greatest amazement, Herr
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 (Herr, peafield, Sachsa, greatest amazement), 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 | Herr | Herr | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 stood | nsubj |
| 2 | Adam | Adam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Herr | flat |
| 3 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | early | early | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 stood | advmod |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 peafield | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 peafield | nmod:poss |
| 7 | peafield | peafield | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stood | obl |
| 8 | watching | watch | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 peafield | acl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 bell | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 bell | cc |
| 11 | as | as | ADP | _ | 13 bell | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 bell | det |
| 13 | bell | bell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stood | obl |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 the | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 bell | nmod |
| 16 | neighbouring | neighbour | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 15 the | acl |
| 17 | Sachsa | Sachsa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 rang | nsubj |
| 18 | rang | ring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 neighbouring | ccomp |
| 19 | out | out | ADP | _ | 18 rang | compound:prt |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 hour | det |
| 21 | midnight | midnight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 hour | compound |
| 22 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 rang | obl:unmarked |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 struck | punct |
| 24 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 struck | nsubj |
| 25 | struck | strike | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 rang | parataxis |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 advised | punct |
| 27 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 31 advised | mark |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 stranger | det |
| 29 | stranger | stranger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 advised | nsubj:pass |
| 30 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 advised | aux |
| 31 | advised | advise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 25 struck | parataxis |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 brought | punct |
| 33 | with | with | ADP | _ | 36 rod | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 rod | det |
| 35 | willow | willow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 rod | compound |
| 36 | rod | rod | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 brought | obl |
| 37 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 brought | nsubj |
| 38 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 brought | aux |
| 39 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 31 advised | conj |
| 40 | with | with | ADP | _ | 41 him | case |
| 41 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 brought | obl |
| 42 | up | up | ADV | _ | 39 brought | advmod |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 down | cc |
| 44 | down | down | ADV | _ | 42 up | conj |
| 45 | in | in | ADP | _ | 47 air | case |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 air | det |
| 47 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 brought | obl |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 saw | punct |
| 49 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 saw | cc |
| 50 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 51 saw | advmod |
| 51 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 struck | conj |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 amazement | punct |
| 53 | with | with | ADP | _ | 56 amazement | case |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 56 amazement | det |
| 55 | greatest | great | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 56 amazement | amod |
| 56 | amazement | amazement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 saw | obj |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 beings | punct |
| 58 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 60 beings | nummod |
| 59 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 60 beings | amod |
| 60 | beings | being | NOUN | Number=Plur | 56 amazement | conj |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 71 looked | punct |
| 62 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 71 looked | nsubj |
| 63 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 66 hands | punct |
| 64 | with | with | ADP | _ | 66 hands | case |
| 65 | folded | fold | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 66 hands | amod |
| 66 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 71 looked | nsubj |
| 67 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 69 mien | cc |
| 68 | terrified | terrified | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 69 mien | amod |
| 69 | mien | mien | NOUN | Number=Sing | 66 hands | conj |
| 70 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 66 hands | punct |
| 71 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 56 amazement | conj |
| 72 | up | up | ADP | _ | 71 looked | compound:prt |
| 73 | to | to | ADP | _ | 74 him | case |
| 74 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 71 looked | obl |
| 75 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 stood | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | past | Herr | Herr's peafield | as the bell in the; early property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in peafield=Location | |||
| 2 | watch | gerund | Herr's peafield not said here | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | neighbour | gerund | tree rules | ||||||
| 4 | ring out | past | Sachsa | hour | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | ||||
| 5 | strike | past | Sachsa | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | |||||
| 6 | advise speech: other | past · perfect · passive | the stranger | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | |||||
| 7 | bring | past · perfect | Sachsa | the air | with the willow rod; with Herr | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | |||
| 8 | see | past | Sachsa not said here | the greatest amazement and two tiny beings | soon property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer amazement=Stimulus | |||
| 9 | fold | participle | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 10 | look up | past | the greatest amazement and two tiny beings | Herr | folded hands and terrified mien nsubj | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to he=Theme |
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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