Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 7, sentence 23
By the sword of my Kaiser!" he cried, springing to his feet, "cursed be the hand that should do you an injury, ye innocent beings; destroy you I will not, no, but protect and defend you with my goods, blood, and life.
Who acts: soldier, cursed hand, ye · What happens: cry, spring, curse, be, do, being · To what, where: life, feet, cursed hand, injury, you
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 (soldier, cursed hand, ye), 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 | By | by | ADP | _ | 3 sword | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 sword | det |
| 3 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 cried | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 Kaiser | case |
| 5 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 Kaiser | nmod:poss |
| 6 | Kaiser | kaiser | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sword | nmod |
| 7 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 6 Kaiser | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 Kaiser | punct |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 cried | nsubj |
| 10 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 springing | punct |
| 12 | springing | spring | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 cried | advcl |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 feet | case |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 feet | nmod:poss |
| 15 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 springing | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 hand | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 cursed | punct |
| 18 | cursed | curse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 21 hand | amod |
| 19 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 21 hand | cop |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 hand | det |
| 21 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 springing | obl |
| 22 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 24 do | nsubj |
| 23 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 24 do | aux |
| 24 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 hand | acl:relcl |
| 25 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 24 do | iobj |
| 26 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 injury | det |
| 27 | injury | injury | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 do | obj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 beings | punct |
| 29 | ye | ye | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 31 beings | nsubj |
| 30 | innocent | innocent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 beings | amod |
| 31 | beings | being | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 springing | obl |
| 32 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 33 destroy | punct |
| 33 | destroy | destroy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 cried | conj |
| 34 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 33 destroy | obj |
| 35 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 36 will | nsubj |
| 36 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 33 destroy | advcl |
| 37 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 36 will | advmod |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 protect | punct |
| 39 | no | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 42 protect | discourse |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 protect | punct |
| 41 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 42 protect | cc |
| 42 | protect | protect | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 33 destroy | advcl |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 defend | cc |
| 44 | defend | defend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 42 protect | conj |
| 45 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 44 defend | obj |
| 46 | with | with | ADP | _ | 48 goods | case |
| 47 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 48 goods | nmod:poss |
| 48 | goods | goods | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 44 defend | obl |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 blood | punct |
| 50 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 goods | conj |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 life | punct |
| 52 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 53 life | cc |
| 53 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 cried | obl |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 cried | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cry speech: express in a quote | past | soldier | life | by the sword of my Kaiser | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by sword=Location | |||
| 2 | spring in a quote | gerund | soldier not said here | soldier's feet | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to foot=Destination | ||||
| 3 | curse | participle | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | is a | infinitive | the cursed hand | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | do | should | the cursed hand | a injury | you | tree rules | |||
| 6 | being | ye | tree rules | ||||||
| 7 | destroy | infinitive | soldier not said here | you | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient | ||||
| 8 | protect | infinitive | soldier not said here | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 9 | defend | infinitive | soldier not said here | you | with my goods and blood | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary |
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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