Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 7, sentence 15
"That our race might continue I would live on, and if I could appear in person to him who will come in the morning with his axe to annihilate us, I would entreat him for the blessing of life, and he would not refuse my entreaty.
Who acts: race, nymphs, our · What happens: continue, live on, appear, come, annihilate, entreat · To what, where: race, us, entreaty, life · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, A Historical Tale., part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (race, nymphs, our), 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 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 continue | punct |
| 2 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 race | det |
| 3 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 race | nmod:poss |
| 4 | race | race | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 continue | nsubj |
| 5 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 continue | aux |
| 6 | continue | continue | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 live | nsubj |
| 8 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 live | aux |
| 9 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 continue | ccomp |
| 10 | on | on | ADV | _ | 9 live | advmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 appear | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 appear | cc |
| 13 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 16 appear | mark |
| 14 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 16 appear | nsubj |
| 15 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 appear | aux |
| 16 | appear | appear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 continue | parataxis |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 person | case |
| 18 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 appear | obl |
| 19 | to | to | ADP | _ | 20 him | case |
| 20 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 appear | obl |
| 21 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 23 come | nsubj |
| 22 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 23 come | aux |
| 23 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 appear | parataxis |
| 24 | in | in | ADP | _ | 26 morning | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 morning | det |
| 26 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 come | obl |
| 27 | with | with | ADP | _ | 29 axe | case |
| 28 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 axe | nmod:poss |
| 29 | axe | axe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 come | obl |
| 30 | to | to | PART | _ | 31 annihilate | mark |
| 31 | annihilate | annihilate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 come | advcl |
| 32 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 31 annihilate | obj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 entreat | punct |
| 34 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 36 entreat | nsubj |
| 35 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 36 entreat | aux |
| 36 | entreat | entreat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 come | conj |
| 37 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 entreat | obj |
| 38 | for | for | ADP | _ | 40 blessing | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 blessing | det |
| 40 | blessing | blessing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 entreat | obl |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 life | case |
| 42 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 blessing | nmod |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 refuse | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 refuse | cc |
| 45 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 refuse | nsubj |
| 46 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 48 refuse | aux |
| 47 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 48 refuse | advmod |
| 48 | refuse | refuse | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 continue | parataxis |
| 49 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 50 entreaty | nmod:poss |
| 50 | entreaty | entreaty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 refuse | obj |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 continue | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | continue in a quote | might | our race | vn continue-55.3 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | live on in a quote | would | the nymphs of the lake and the mountain stream = nymph | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | appear a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | could | the nymphs of the lake and the mountain stream = nymph | race | in person | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in person=Location | |||
| 4 | come in a quote | future | morning | with race's axe; who nsubj | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | annihilate in a quote | to-infinitive | us | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Patient | |||||
| 6 | entreat in a quote | would | the nymphs of the lake and the mountain stream = nymph | race | for the blessing of life | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | |||
| 7 | not refuse in a quote | would | race | my entreaty | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent entreaty=Theme | ||||
| 8 | race in a quote | our | nom race «event intransitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 9 | bless in a quote | life | nom blessing «act 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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