Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 6, sentence 70
She had recognised the Burggeist, who appeared seldom, but always brought happiness with him, and inquired in a gentle voice:
Who acts: Countess, Burggeist · What happens: recognise, appear, bring, inquire · To what, where: happiness, gentle voice
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 (Countess, Burggeist), 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 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 recognised | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 recognised | aux |
| 3 | recognised | recognise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Burggeist | det |
| 5 | Burggeist | Burggeist | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 appeared | nsubj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 appeared | punct |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 appeared | nsubj |
| 8 | appeared | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 recognised | parataxis |
| 9 | seldom | seldom | ADV | _ | 8 appeared | advmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 brought | punct |
| 11 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 13 brought | cc |
| 12 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 13 brought | advmod |
| 13 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 appeared | conj |
| 14 | happiness | happiness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 brought | obj |
| 15 | with | with | ADP | _ | 16 him | case |
| 16 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 happiness | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 inquired | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 inquired | cc |
| 19 | inquired | inquire | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 recognised | conj |
| 20 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 voice | case |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 voice | det |
| 22 | gentle | gentle | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 voice | amod |
| 23 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 inquired | obl |
| 24 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 3 recognised | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | recognise | past · perfect | Countess | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | appear | past | the Burggeist | who nsubj; seldom property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | bring | participle | the Burggeist not said here | happiness | with Burggeist; always property | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent happiness=Theme | |||
| 4 | inquire speech: other | participle | Countess not said here | a gentle voice | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=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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