Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 7, sentence 40
"There is something glorious in such a solemn chime," said the elder shepherd to his son, who sat near him. "
Who acts: something, elder shepherd, son · What happens: be, say, sit · 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 (something, elder shepherd, son), 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 | _ | 3 is | punct |
| 2 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 3 is | expl |
| 3 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 said | ccomp |
| 4 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 is | nsubj |
| 5 | glorious | glorious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 something | amod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 chime | case |
| 7 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 10 chime | det:predet |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 chime | det |
| 9 | solemn | solemn | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 chime | amod |
| 10 | chime | chime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 glorious | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 is | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 is | punct |
| 13 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 shepherd | det |
| 15 | elder | elder | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 shepherd | amod |
| 16 | shepherd | shepherd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 said | obj |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 son | case |
| 18 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 son | nmod:poss |
| 19 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 shepherd | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 sat | punct |
| 21 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 22 sat | nsubj |
| 22 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 son | acl:relcl |
| 23 | near | near | ADP | _ | 24 him | case |
| 24 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 sat | obl |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 said | punct |
| 26 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be in a quote | present | something | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | the elder shepherd | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | sit | past | heart's son | near heart | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent near he=Location |
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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