Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 7, sentence 5

"Now, only these three trees left," thought he to himself, stretched himself wearily in the grass to rest a minute and strengthen himself for the last stroke; but fatigue overcame him, so that he sank into a deep sleep, and only awoke when the moon and stars shone in the heavens.

Who acts: fatigue, warrior · What happens: leave, think, stretch, rest, strengthen, overcome · To what, where: three trees, warrior, deep sleep, moon, heavens · 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 (fatigue, warrior), 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	_	11 thought	punct
2	Now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 thought	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Now	punct
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 trees	advmod
5	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	7 trees	det
6	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 trees	nummod
7	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 thought	nsubj
8	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 trees	acl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 left	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 thought	punct
11	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 thought	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 himself	case
14	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	11 thought	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 stretched	punct
16	stretched	stretch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 thought	conj
17	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	16 stretched	obj
18	wearily	wearily	ADV	_	16 stretched	advmod
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 grass	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 grass	det
21	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 stretched	obl
22	to	to	PART	_	23 rest	mark
23	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 stretched	advcl
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 minute	det
25	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 rest	obj
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 strengthen	cc
27	strengthen	strengthen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 rest	conj
28	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	27 strengthen	obj
29	for	for	ADP	_	32 stroke	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 stroke	det
31	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 stroke	amod
32	stroke	stroke	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 strengthen	obl
33	;	;	PUNCT	_	36 overcame	punct
34	but	but	CCONJ	_	36 overcame	cc
35	fatigue	fatigue	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 overcame	nsubj
36	overcame	overcome	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 thought	parataxis
37	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 overcame	obj
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 sank	punct
39	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	42 sank	mark
40	that	that	SCONJ	_	39 so	fixed
41	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 sank	nsubj
42	sank	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 overcame	advcl
43	into	into	ADP	_	46 sleep	case
44	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	46 sleep	det
45	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	46 sleep	amod
46	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 sank	obl
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 awoke	punct
48	and	and	CCONJ	_	50 awoke	cc
49	only	only	ADV	_	50 awoke	advmod
50	awoke	awake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 overcame	conj
51	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	56 shone	advmod
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 moon	det
53	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 shone	nsubj:pass
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	55 stars	cc
55	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 moon	conj
56	shone	shine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	50 awoke	advcl
57	in	in	ADP	_	59 heavens	case
58	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 heavens	det
59	heavens	heaven	NOUN	Number=Plur	56 shone	obl
60	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 thought	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave in a quote	participle		this three trees not said here					vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	think speech: other	past		warrior	warrior		now	this three trees nsubj	vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot he=Theme
3	stretch	past		warrior				in the grass; wearily property	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent himself=Patient in grass=Topic
4	rest	to-infinitive					minute		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	strengthen	infinitive		warrior				for the last stroke	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent himself=Patient
6	overcome	past	fatigue	warrior					vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot he=Theme
7	sink	past	warrior			a deep sleep			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
8	awake	past	fatigue not said here						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	shine	participle · passive		the moon and stars		the heavens			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme

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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🌲 Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 7, sentence 5

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Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 7, sentence 5