Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 6, sentence 86
It seemed as if she saw the dwarf from her window go out at the entrance of the tower, large as a giant, striking in the air with his hands all sorts of odd signs and motions, and with a powerful voice she heard him cry: "Slide on!
Who acts: It, Countess, spirit · What happens: seem, see, go out, strike, hear, cry · To what, where: dwarf, window, air, spirit, odd signs · 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 (It, Countess, spirit), 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 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 seemed | nsubj |
| 2 | seemed | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 6 saw | mark |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 saw | mark |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 saw | nsubj |
| 6 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 go | advcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 dwarf | det |
| 8 | dwarf | dwarf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 saw | obj |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 window | case |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 window | nmod:poss |
| 11 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 go | obl |
| 12 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 seemed | ccomp |
| 13 | out | out | ADV | _ | 12 go | advmod |
| 14 | at | at | ADP | _ | 16 entrance | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 entrance | det |
| 16 | entrance | entrance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 go | obl |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 tower | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 tower | det |
| 19 | tower | tower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 entrance | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 large | punct |
| 21 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 go | parataxis |
| 22 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 24 giant | mark |
| 23 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 giant | det |
| 24 | giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 large | advcl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 striking | punct |
| 26 | striking | strike | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 21 large | advcl |
| 27 | in | in | ADP | _ | 29 air | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 air | det |
| 29 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 striking | obl |
| 30 | with | with | ADP | _ | 32 hands | case |
| 31 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 hands | nmod:poss |
| 32 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 striking | obl |
| 33 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 34 sorts | det |
| 34 | sorts | sort | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 hands | conj |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 signs | case |
| 36 | odd | odd | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 signs | amod |
| 37 | signs | sign | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 sorts | nmod |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 motions | cc |
| 39 | motions | motion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 signs | conj |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 heard | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 heard | cc |
| 42 | with | with | ADP | _ | 45 voice | case |
| 43 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 45 voice | det |
| 44 | powerful | powerful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 voice | amod |
| 45 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 heard | obl |
| 46 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 heard | nsubj |
| 47 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 seemed | conj |
| 48 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 heard | obj |
| 49 | cry | cry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 47 heard | xcomp |
| 50 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 52 Slide | punct |
| 51 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 52 Slide | punct |
| 52 | Slide | slide | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 49 cry | conj |
| 53 | on | on | ADP | _ | 52 Slide | compound:prt |
| 54 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 2 seemed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | seem | past | It | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | see | past | Countess | the dwarf | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dwarf=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | go out | infinitive | Countess's window | at the entrance of the tower; out property | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | strike | gerund | the air | with spirit's hands and all sorts of odd signs and motions | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in air=Location | ||||
| 5 | hear | past | Countess | spirit | with a powerful voice | tree rules | |||
| 6 | cry speech: express | infinitive | spirit not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | slide on in a quote | infinitive | spirit not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 8 | sort | odd signs and motions | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
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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