Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 7, sentence 54
And they both whistled, and called the dogs by name, but in vain, for the hitherto so obedient animals only turned their heads slightly at the sound of the well-known voices, and then continued their wild race.
Who acts: sons, obedient animals · What happens: whistle, call, turn, know, continue, race · To what, where: dogs, heads, vain, wild race · 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 (sons, obedient animals), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 whistled | cc |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 whistled | nsubj |
| 3 | both | both | ADV | _ | 4 whistled | advmod |
| 4 | whistled | whistle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 called | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 called | cc |
| 7 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 whistled | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 dogs | det |
| 9 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 called | obj |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 name | case |
| 11 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 called | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 turned | punct |
| 13 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 24 turned | cc |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 vain | case |
| 15 | vain | vain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 turned | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 vain | punct |
| 17 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 24 turned | mark |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 turned | det |
| 19 | hitherto | hitherto | ADV | _ | 24 turned | advmod |
| 20 | so | so | ADV | _ | 24 turned | advmod |
| 21 | obedient | obedient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 animals | amod |
| 22 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 turned | nsubj |
| 23 | only | only | ADV | _ | 24 turned | advmod |
| 24 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 whistled | conj |
| 25 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 heads | nmod:poss |
| 26 | heads | head | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 turned | obj |
| 27 | slightly | slightly | ADV | _ | 24 turned | advmod |
| 28 | at | at | ADP | _ | 30 sound | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 sound | det |
| 30 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 turned | obl |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 voices | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 voices | det |
| 33 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 35 known | advmod |
| 34 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 33 well | punct |
| 35 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 36 voices | amod |
| 36 | voices | voice | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 sound | nmod |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 continued | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 continued | cc |
| 39 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 40 continued | advmod |
| 40 | continued | continue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 turned | parataxis |
| 41 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 race | nmod:poss |
| 42 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 race | amod |
| 43 | race | race | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 continued | obj |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 whistled | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | whistle | past | sons = son | both property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | call | past | sons = son not said here | the dogs | by name | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dog=Recipient | |||
| 3 | turn | past | obedient animals | sons's heads | vain | at the sound of the known voices; hitherto, slightly property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.agent V NP.theme PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Agent head=Theme in vain=Source at sound=Trajectory | ||
| 4 | know | participle | well property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 5 | continue | past | sons's wild race | then | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent race=Theme | ||||
| 6 | race | sons = son | nom race «event intransitive»: poss=agent |
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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