Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 6, sentence 95
Filled with gratitude, she called the benevolent dwarf, to thank him; but he did not answer the summons, and has never been seen in the new Schloss.
Who acts: Countess, husband · What happens: fill, call, thank, not answer, not see · To what, where: gratitude, benevolent dwarf, husband, summons, new Schloss · 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 (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 | Filled | fill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 2 | with | with | ADP | _ | 3 gratitude | case |
| 3 | gratitude | gratitude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Filled | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 called | punct |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 called | nsubj |
| 6 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 gratitude | acl:relcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 dwarf | det |
| 8 | benevolent | benevolent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 dwarf | amod |
| 9 | dwarf | dwarf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 called | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 thank | punct |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 thank | mark |
| 12 | thank | thank | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 called | advcl |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 thank | obj |
| 14 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 19 answer | punct |
| 15 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 19 answer | cc |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 answer | nsubj |
| 17 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 answer | aux |
| 18 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 19 answer | advmod |
| 19 | answer | answer | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Filled | conj |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 summons | det |
| 21 | summons | summon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 answer | obj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 seen | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 seen | cc |
| 24 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 seen | aux |
| 25 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 27 seen | advmod |
| 26 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 27 seen | aux:pass |
| 27 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 19 answer | advcl |
| 28 | in | in | ADP | _ | 31 Schloss | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 Schloss | det |
| 30 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 Schloss | amod |
| 31 | Schloss | schloss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 seen | obl |
| 32 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Filled | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fill | participle | with gratitude | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with gratitude=Instrument | |||||
| 2 | call | past | Countess | gratitude not said here | the benevolent dwarf | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dwarf=Recipient | |||
| 3 | thank speech: thank | to-infinitive | Countess not said here | husband | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 4 | not answer speech: assert | past · do-support | husband | the summons | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent summon=Eventuality | ||||
| 5 | not see | present · perfect · passive | husband not said here | the new Schloss | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V» |
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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