Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 6, sentence 94
As soon as her first astonishment had passed, the Countess hastened to her still slumbering husband, led him to the window, and feasted her eyes on his boundless astonishment and joy.
Who acts: first astonishment, Countess, husband · What happens: pass, hasten, slumber, lead, feast, astonish · To what, where: husband, window, eyes, boundless astonishment
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 (first astonishment, Countess, husband), 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 | As | as | ADV | _ | 2 soon | advmod |
| 2 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 12 hastened | advmod |
| 3 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 8 passed | mark |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 astonishment | nmod:poss |
| 5 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 6 astonishment | amod |
| 6 | astonishment | astonishment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 passed | nsubj |
| 7 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 passed | aux |
| 8 | passed | pass | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 12 hastened | advcl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 passed | punct |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Countess | det |
| 11 | Countess | Countess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 hastened | nsubj |
| 12 | hastened | hasten | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 husband | case |
| 14 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 husband | nmod:poss |
| 15 | still | still | ADV | _ | 16 slumbering | advmod |
| 16 | slumbering | slumber | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 17 husband | amod |
| 17 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 hastened | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 led | punct |
| 19 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 hastened | conj |
| 20 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 led | obj |
| 21 | to | to | ADP | _ | 23 window | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 window | det |
| 23 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 led | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 feasted | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 feasted | cc |
| 26 | feasted | feast | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 hastened | conj |
| 27 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 28 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 feasted | obj |
| 29 | on | on | ADP | _ | 32 astonishment | case |
| 30 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 astonishment | nmod:poss |
| 31 | boundless | boundless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 astonishment | amod |
| 32 | astonishment | astonishment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 feasted | obl |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 joy | cc |
| 34 | joy | joy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 astonishment | conj |
| 35 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 hastened | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pass | past · perfect | Countess's first astonishment | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | hasten | past | the Countess | to Countess's slumbering husband result; soon property | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent to husband=Result | ||||
| 3 | slumber | gerund | still | vn snooze-40.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | lead | past | the Countess not said here | husband | the window | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to window=Destination | |||
| 5 | feast | past | the Countess not said here | Countess's eyes | husband's boundless astonishment and joy | tree rules | |||
| 6 | astonish | Countess | nom astonishment «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 7 | astonish | husband | nom astonishment «feeling transitive»: poss=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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